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31. Until I see the same call for the Saudis and Qataris

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #29)

Thu May 16, 2013, 03:08 PM

May 2013

to stop shipping arms, I fail to see the balance in any of this. Ideally, no country would be supporting a civil war. Sadly, that's not the case. If certain countries want to call on the Russians to stop aiding their ally (the same we have done/would do for our allies) then the same call should go to the countries financing the rebels.

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Syria conflict: BBC shown 'signs of chemical attack' [View all] muriel_volestrangler May 2013 OP

Sad what is happening there oberliner May 2013 #1

No more Curveballs! SCVDem May 2013 #2

Well, since I've -been- to Syria... brooklynite May 2013 #3

If you wish to be involved SCVDem May 2013 #5

But there has been an influx of foreign jihadis geek tragedy May 2013 #6

You take your allies where you can, these people are great canon fodder. Sand Wind May 2013 #8

It sounds like you support the involvement of jihadis in Syria. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #10

In time of despair, you can even lie down with dogs. Especially when nobody do anything. Sand Wind May 2013 #13

Much like Stalin supported the involvement of the US in the early 40s. LanternWaste May 2013 #17

Their role, by now, is way more than "cannon fodder" Democracyinkind May 2013 #51

I would be interested to hear more about the defection rate of the FSA. According to the pampango May 2013 #53

The people you met in during your visit eissa May 2013 #16

The opposition is not "an equally brutal Islamic fundamentalist". Some are, not all. pampango May 2013 #34

Yeah, I know there are Christians there eissa May 2013 #35

The people supporting John2 May 2013 #4

But, Sand Wind May 2013 #7

Assad appears to be gaining ground, and the rebels losing popular support. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #22

No he Is not, stop read the Pravda, RT and Press Tv, these are Fox versions Sand Wind May 2013 #27

"Six Ways Assad Has Turned the Tide in Syria" Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #32

Iraq is WORSE OFF, by every metric, since we invaded on the same pretext. NO WAR WITH SYRIA. grahamhgreen May 2013 #9

Now get McCain, Graham, Boehner, Ayotte et al SCVDem May 2013 #11

how is this worse than just blowing people up with bombs? And how is it a threat to us or Europe? yurbud May 2013 #12

You cannot be an empire when its please you, and then retracte from responsabilities Sand Wind May 2013 #14

I miss your point. SCVDem May 2013 #15

Not everything is about whether something is a threat to you muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #18

Is it right that Qatar and the Saudis arm the rebels? eissa May 2013 #21

Given the suspicions about their use of chemical weapons, no, it's not right muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #23

Miles are irrelvant eissa May 2013 #24

So you are OK with the US government getting involved, then? muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #25

I don't know how you came up with that eissa May 2013 #26

"why shouldn't the Russians? " muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #29

Until I see the same call for the Saudis and Qataris eissa May 2013 #31

so...we should be creative about thinking of reasons to kill far away people? yurbud May 2013 #37

If someone posts about nasty people the US govt arms, do you reply muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #39

Remember Gen. Wesley Clark's disclosure of neocon list of countries to overthrow? yurbud May 2013 #41

Which is nothing to do with your dismissal of this as "is this a threat to us?" muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #42

actually, "Is it a threat to us" is a good first filter to decide if a war is worth our resources yurbud May 2013 #43

yours is the "head in the sand" knee-jerk supports WAR and demands proof for why we SHOULDN'T do it yurbud May 2013 #44

I don't support war. I have not "demanded proof for why we shouldn't do it" muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #45

How often do you think we go into military actions for purely humanitarian reasons? yurbud May 2013 #46

Why are you wittering on about "going into military actions"? muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #47

so you want to post something and not discuss the implications? yurbud May 2013 #49

No, you were the one who didn't want to discuss it muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #50

This is not our Fight! Wolf Frankula May 2013 #19

Attacking civilians. Sounds more like the fundamentalist foreign rebels to me. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #20

This is at least the third round of accusing the Syrian government of using chemicals/gas... rjones2818 May 2013 #28

As the video shows, they have good medical evidence of poisonous substances muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #30

War propaganda is supposed to be a fact as long as western allies make the claims socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #40

I am very wary of involvement in Syria. JDPriestly May 2013 #33

US has seen Syria chemical weapons evidence, says Obama dipsydoodle May 2013 #36

the only questions are the ones I asked above: so what, and why is it a threat to us? yurbud May 2013 #38

Eyewitness accounts might mean something in a court of law daleo May 2013 #48

organophosphosphate poisoning? so they dropped pesticide concentrates from the heles? Sunlei May 2013 #52