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Cayenne

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41. McCain and Clinton made sure rebels got arms

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:25 AM

Nov 2015

Assad had kept a peace, that included Christians, for twenty years. The Sunnis want Hezbollah out of there and the neocons wants a pipeline that will end Gazproms monopoly. Assad is fighting a war instigated by the CIA.

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Syria's Assad Says Savage Paris Attacks Similar To What His Country Is Facing [View all] ucrdem Nov 2015 OP

You started it Assad. joshcryer Nov 2015 #1

Wink, wink. nt. polly7 Nov 2015 #2

Yes, just look at Libya and the secular freedoms and stability they enjoy now. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #3

Libya would look like Syria right now. joshcryer Nov 2015 #4

How is that? polly7 Nov 2015 #5

Libya isn't even a country anymore Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 #29

We all know peaceful protestors jamzrockz Nov 2015 #6

There wasn't any major violence for many months. joshcryer Nov 2015 #7

Agree it was due to Bush... ensemble Nov 2015 #8

Yeah, it gets tedious, the obsession with Assad. bemildred Nov 2015 #10

Assad might like to butt the fuck out too Laughing Mirror Nov 2015 #14

Used to know the son of a former (Hafez) Assad minion. bemildred Nov 2015 #16

Yes.... LovingA2andMI Nov 2015 #39

Don't believe your telling of the events jamzrockz Nov 2015 #21

Lulz Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 #30

Your timeline is messed up. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2015 #38

There were few lethal casualties in Syria for the first 6 weeks of the "Arab Spring" phase of the leveymg Nov 2015 #24

Thanks for the reminder jamzrockz Nov 2015 #26

The uprisings in Libya and Syria were virtually identical and simultaneous. Same regime change leveymg Nov 2015 #28

Nailed it...nt Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 #31

McCain and Clinton made sure rebels got arms Cayenne Nov 2015 #41

Hard to argue with that. nt bemildred Nov 2015 #9

"France will not be able to battle terrorism, Laughing Mirror Nov 2015 #11

Rich donors in both Qatar and SA funded IS in Syria from the beginning, as polly7 Nov 2015 #13

Yes, and we know who is manufacturing the weapons Laughing Mirror Nov 2015 #15

I see these attacks as strengthening Assad's position riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #12

What a lot of people do not understand jamzrockz Nov 2015 #19

ISIS is in the run due to devestaing Russian attacks Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 #32

God no jamzrockz Nov 2015 #33

If you watch live leaks like I do Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 #34

My heart goes out to my beloved French friends and associates. As for Assad... NNadir Nov 2015 #17

This is another example of why sometimes the dictator is better than the alternative 7962 Nov 2015 #18

you ignore that Israel or at least Netanyahu was for attacking Iraq karynnj Nov 2015 #25

Well WE all knew that it would open a huge can of nasty worms 7962 Nov 2015 #35

Moving Saddam... LovingA2andMI Nov 2015 #40

Don know about Israel jamzrockz Nov 2015 #27

We thought maybe we could cross one off Israel's bucket list by helping topple Assad. hollowdweller Nov 2015 #36

Terrorism is not any worse because it is white people being attacked and not just not-white people. Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #20

This should be said a million times jamzrockz Nov 2015 #22

The hypocrisy of the massive Western military powers and their controlled media is legendary. Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #23

"blaming"? No, it wasnt "blame". ISIS claimed it for that reason 7962 Nov 2015 #37