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MADem

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7. They haven't given them heavy weapons, and that's what they're asking for.

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #5)

Tue May 28, 2013, 02:44 AM

May 2013

Assad has an air force--the rebels don't. Are you sure your Emir figures are accurate, as an aside? I think they might be a bit high.

EU wants Assad gone. That's what's going to happen, sooner or later.

Don't cry to me like I'm in charge of this exercise. I can look at the lay of the land and see what's happening. Stop shooting the messenger. It won't change a doggone thing, you know.

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Of course not. The Secretary will disavow... MADem May 2013 #3

The Qataris and the Saudis and the Turks have already given "those rebels the tools to shift Assad." Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #5

They haven't given them heavy weapons, and that's what they're asking for. MADem May 2013 #7

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NO. There's nothing even remotely "impossible" about this meeting. MADem May 2013 #6

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