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teddy51

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30. I'm in agreement with you! The US reputation in the world sucks big time over the past several
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 02:53 PM
Feb 2012

decades. What I want to know is, did the US have any roll in Syria's current uprising to topple Assad?

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What? Someone blocked a resolution against a violent state in the mideast?! Scootaloo Feb 2012 #1
Heh! 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #40
Nail, meet hammer! nt nanabugg Feb 2012 #45
Damn BeFree Feb 2012 #2
Did you read it? tabatha Feb 2012 #4
First step is the hardest BeFree Feb 2012 #5
You are wrong. tabatha Feb 2012 #9
Geez BeFree Feb 2012 #16
Thank goodness we have China keeping President Obama in check. nt Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #18
The neocons are not in charge. tabatha Feb 2012 #22
It doesnt matter what the resolution says Dokkie Feb 2012 #39
100% correct malaise Feb 2012 #52
In fact, a repeat of Libya would likely happen even without any UN resolution. Fool Count Feb 2012 #53
lol Hutzpa Feb 2012 #46
Wow. You're quite the humanitarian. Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #8
They stopped us for now BeFree Feb 2012 #11
Please go and read the resolution. tabatha Feb 2012 #13
"The US will not invade any country under Obama." Really? I would not bet $$$ on that, we will see teddy51 Feb 2012 #28
Obama will not invade Iran - period. tabatha Feb 2012 #31
I find it very interesting how people blame the US for allowing any horrible atrocities to happen in Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #15
heh BeFree Feb 2012 #19
Nope. Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #26
heh BeFree Feb 2012 #29
I'm able to differentiate between various wars, military responses and police brutality. Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #33
You might want to revisit considering whether China and Russia are any better? treestar Feb 2012 #57
I'm in agreement with you! The US reputation in the world sucks big time over the past several teddy51 Feb 2012 #30
Russia unilaterally invaded Georgia in 2008. But so easily we forget. joshcryer Feb 2012 #43
You mean after Georgian forces began attacking Russian citizens? Scootaloo Feb 2012 #47
The question was "what countries did Russia invade." joshcryer Feb 2012 #48
Russia had said they agreed with the Arab League's plan. tabatha Feb 2012 #3
Russia is smart... they played us BeFree Feb 2012 #21
There was not even that type of language in there. tabatha Feb 2012 #24
Wow! MattSh Feb 2012 #49
You lie again, Russia never said it agreed with the Arab League plan. Fool Count Feb 2012 #54
Russia and China have long been supporting despot nations davidpdx Feb 2012 #56
Look at that Portugese ambassador - evil eye or what?!!! mwooldri Feb 2012 #58
Freedom drones!! No-fly zone!! Liberate them, quick! inna Feb 2012 #6
Oh good grief. tabatha Feb 2012 #10
nc inna Feb 2012 #14
Got a link to the text that was voted on? FarCenter Feb 2012 #35
A statement from Clinton tabatha Feb 2012 #36
That's what we say before the vote; then we do some fancy reinterpretation later FarCenter Feb 2012 #37
Unfortunately, that has always been the way western nations play at the UN mazzarro Feb 2012 #41
The simplest "changed circumstance" in this case would be Assad's refusal to step down Fool Count Feb 2012 #55
There seems to be a lack of comprehension between the Libyan resolution and the Syrian resolution. tabatha Feb 2012 #63
Nothing surprises me anymore. joshcryer Feb 2012 #42
not as if the US gives a flying fook about anyone's "veto", anyway inna Feb 2012 #7
U.S. Vetoes of UN Resolutions Calling for an End to the Cuban Embargo 182-2 Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #12
Human Rights Watch statement. tabatha Feb 2012 #17
Amnesty: Syria Veto a 'Shockingly Callous Betrayal' tabatha Feb 2012 #20
Thanks for posting the two statements n/t ProSense Feb 2012 #32
LOL- just like the US is disgusted by its own auto-veto against all resolutions regarding Israel. Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #23
I cannot but agree with the negative things that the US has done. tabatha Feb 2012 #25
I agree. And it's during times like this that our propping up of some regimes bits us on... Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #27
What you said. +1 Purveyor Feb 2012 #38
The US had it right, but unfortunately the United States has pretty much squandered all credibility Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #34
no one really has a clue who is on who`s side in this civil/religious war. madrchsod Feb 2012 #44
It is not a religious war. tabatha Feb 2012 #61
The US is pushing for regime change in Syria as leverage against Iran. If Syria comes Monk06 Feb 2012 #50
+1000 ! polly7 Feb 2012 #51
It's a move against Iran, but don't overlook the pipeline from Kurdistan to the Mediterranean FarCenter Feb 2012 #60
That 90% of the posts in this thread are condemning the US, not Russia or China or Syria, is vile. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2012 #59
Not all of the posters here are "liberal". tabatha Feb 2012 #62
So opposition to US imperialistic adventures is not "liberal"? FarCenter Feb 2012 #64
Branding attempts to support the Syrian opposition an "imperialistic adventure" is not liberal. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2012 #65
Asserting that our support of the Syrian opposition is to benefit the people of Syria is just naive. FarCenter Feb 2012 #66
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