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9. My opinion Bashar Hafez al-Assad thought that the U.S and president Obama

Reply to rastaone (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 10:48 PM

Jun 2013

was going to side with him on the rebellion.

He didn't expect Washington to be calling for him to step down.
Or to be labeled a criminal government by the U.S and Obama publicly

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PETER HITCHENS: We set Syria ablaze... Now we're hurling in explosives [View all] rastaone Jun 2013 OP

Not a good analogy newmember Jun 2013 #1

Nitpicker Ey? rastaone Jun 2013 #2

Man , I don't think we should be involved at all in this mess.... newmember Jun 2013 #3

Not going to say am surprised rastaone Jun 2013 #6

My opinion Bashar Hafez al-Assad thought that the U.S and president Obama newmember Jun 2013 #9

You're right rastaone Jun 2013 #13

so does the us government. so has every government. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #4

Switzerland newmember Jun 2013 #5

don't kid yourself HiPointDem Jun 2013 #7

you are destroying my dream newmember Jun 2013 #10

it needs to die HiPointDem Jun 2013 #11

bullshit on the "*made* women 2nd class citizens". HiPointDem Jun 2013 #12

Not bullshit newmember Jun 2013 #14

using 'made' implies they were something other than second-class before the current regime HiPointDem Jun 2013 #15

Same thing made , kept , because Assad had the power to change it but decided not to newmember Jun 2013 #16

the fact is, it is *not* the same; assad has liberalized. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #17

Women are still considered 2nd class and not equal to men in Syria under Assad newmember Jun 2013 #18

he didn't 'make' them 2nd-class. & that has meaning only through a first-world lens. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #19

It is sort of a rerun of the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88 FarCenter Jun 2013 #8