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MindMover

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25. Deflect, deflect the conversation to other states when the

Reply to leveymg (Reply #20)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 01:51 PM

Jun 2012

culpability is with Assad and his regime....I find your posts to be sophomoric debate...

Foreign intervention has been to supply the regime with further weapons and ammo from allies of Assad and words of horror from others...

You mention aQ like they are still a viable force in the region....BS....and nobody of substance has momentarily forgotten them...they better keep there heads inside their caves.....

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Syrian officer who witnessed Houla massacre Defects [View all] MindMover Jun 2012 OP

Be particularly skeptical of the statements made by defectors. leveymg Jun 2012 #1

Be particularly skeptical of the statements made by people who do not source their claims. tabatha Jun 2012 #2

We should all be skeptical of these claims, including you. leveymg Jun 2012 #3

Yea, they end up dead if they tell the truth..... MindMover Jun 2012 #13

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #4

I'll probably be the last to make a dime off this sort of propaganda operation. leveymg Jun 2012 #6

"Bought and paid for?" lol... Joe McCarthy, is that you? David__77 Jun 2012 #8

In looking at your posts, you seem to be more of a devils advocate... MindMover Jun 2012 #9

"Skirting that line?" I like that. I'm gonna have to start using that... David__77 Jun 2012 #10

"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." MindMover Jun 2012 #11

Opposing dictatorships that massacre dissidents geek tragedy Jun 2012 #19

this isn't from a neocon source cali Jun 2012 #5

It looks to have been in The Guardian via Atlantic Wire. leveymg Jun 2012 #7

bet you wanted gadhaffi to stay around, too. dionysus Jun 2012 #22

No. But, getting rid of Gadaffi was easy and didn't involve genocide and ethnic cleansing leveymg Jun 2012 #24

The Assadopologists are all over this news as well. geek tragedy Jun 2012 #12

Do you consider defectors to be a reliable source of intelligence at first glance? leveymg Jun 2012 #14

Who is backing off artillery shelling of a defenseless population... MindMover Jun 2012 #15

The artillery was aimed at the SLA, which is far from defenseless. Perhaps, the population needs leveymg Jun 2012 #20

Deflect, deflect the conversation to other states when the MindMover Jun 2012 #25

You can't have solutions in Syria w/out solving 3rd party intervention problems leveymg Jun 2012 #27

Yes, pro-Assad forced committing a massacre validates geek tragedy Jun 2012 #18

You are wrong. I am against the regime, but also opposed to the foreign intervention - al Qaeda leveymg Jun 2012 #21

A real problem with dictators is their control of information. How do you prove pampango Jun 2012 #16

That is why there are 300 observers on the ground in Syria..... MindMover Jun 2012 #17

Really? 300 people can see all trouble spots in a country about 10x the size of New Jersey? riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #23

The fighting is not in the desert..... MindMover Jun 2012 #26