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PDJane

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8. One more time..

Reply to tabatha (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 08:18 PM

Mar 2012

There is no profit in democracy. Yeah, there's oil there. The Americans have been drilling for years, as has the Syrian national company.

If there is a democractically elected leader, instead of a dictator, there will be a bunch of democratic ideas, and the US doesn't really want that.

That's one of the main reason the war drums are beating for Iran, but Syria will murder its own people with impunity.

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One Year on, My Neighbourhood Destroyed, My Life Torn Apart [View all] tabatha Mar 2012 OP

Feckless - Juan Cole tabatha Mar 2012 #1

Well there is no oil in Syria. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #2

Realistic, not cynical. PDJane Mar 2012 #3

See #5. tabatha Mar 2012 #6

There is oil in Syria. tabatha Mar 2012 #5

One more time.. PDJane Mar 2012 #8

Please elaborate on Syria requested rockets be shot into Israel. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #11

Child found living among corpses pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #4

Trust me this is not going to be a sympathetic message board for this RB TexLa Mar 2012 #7

President Obama condemned Assad and asked him to step aside. chrisa Mar 2012 #9

The point is that the US doesn't support democratic movement, PDJane Mar 2012 #10