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Benton D Struckcheon

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29. Angle I hadn't thought of

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 03:48 PM

Aug 2013

Residents of Damascus suburbs with anti-Assad folks who are scared of him, and now are scared of a US strike. I can't imagine what that must be like.
On the hopeful side, stories popping out about possible last-minute deal:

So it is not out of the question that the huge pressures exerted on all parties by the chemical weapons attacks might just be enough to pop the cork and force movement towards negotiations, with the latest speculation focusing on Geneva in October.

I guess anything is possible, but the signs aren't particularly good.

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U.S. Rebuffs Syrian Decision to Allow Inspection [View all] Catherina Aug 2013 OP

If it goes anything like the inspection in Iraq, won't matter what the inspectors report. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #1

Daniel Ellsberg said presidents first decide to go to war, THEN find the pretext. deurbano Aug 2013 #8

I would love to hear him speak! Last speaker I heard was John Waters, and he was brilliant, but not Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #10

If this is true then Obama mask has come completely off. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #2

+1 Le Taz Hot Aug 2013 #50

Hmmm, this sounds familiar. Wilms Aug 2013 #3

Way too familiar, Wilms. And you should add a graphic photo warning, almost Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #11

cabal of evil heaven05 Aug 2013 #13

That is so creepy. Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #14

That pic is missing the prison bars across the front. n/t L0oniX Aug 2013 #17

Prison bars is too kind. n/t Catherina Aug 2013 #18

I see seven more for GitMo KansDem Aug 2013 #24

Here was their Lap Dog warrant46 Aug 2013 #27

What in the world is the U.S. doing? Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #4

Saving yoloisalie Aug 2013 #5

This is disgusting if this is true Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #6

We let them do their work in Iraq, all was ignored. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #12

Just like the US saved all of those Iraqis atreides1 Aug 2013 #20

By bombing them and ruining the infrastructure? Wilms Aug 2013 #22

You mean like the chemical attack the UN believed the rebels launched that we dismissed? Catherina Aug 2013 #23

Trying to get into the Syrian Civil War. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #9

Following a 15 year MIC plan the neocons wrote in 2000. 7 countries in 5 years Catherina Aug 2013 #16

Wes Clark- lobbied Clinton to intervene in Kosovo & crafted strategy that won there. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #41

Clark's words, as those of an insider, ronnie624 Aug 2013 #51

anytime there's refusal to get facts it undermines faith in the process nashville_brook Aug 2013 #7

Sounds like something Cheney would say ... GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #15

take a CORPSE and test it!! W/ atropine being a 'cure' I'm stating they are using pesticide chemical Sunlei Aug 2013 #19

... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #21

same attitude to Palestine: "we'll give you statehood and democracy when you have statehood and MisterP Aug 2013 #25

I am really discouraged. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #26

Syria chemical attack evidence may have been destroyed: Hague Bosonic Aug 2013 #28

Don't know what Hague's got, Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #30

Is this the evidence John2 Aug 2013 #33

Um yeah. Riight. Carry on without me, please. n/t Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #34

That blog is pretty weak and you call it evidence? jzodda Aug 2013 #37

Angle I hadn't thought of Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #29

The Syrian Press is John2 Aug 2013 #31

Presented some stuff from a blog up above, Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #32

The Syrian Army John2 Aug 2013 #35

And I don't think Putin's honest enough to even TRY, unless forced to. eom AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #43

The Syrian Press can not be trusted at all jzodda Aug 2013 #38

There was never any women's rights, either. Or many other rights, for that matter. AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #44

Haha as we all know, the state department is so good at tracking WMDS. /nt Ash_F Aug 2013 #36

They have a "Stunning Trail" of success warrant46 Aug 2013 #40

Read as doesn't meet US agenda. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #39

Unfortunately, there may be some truth to this: AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #42

We won't take yes for an answer daleo Aug 2013 #45

Deja vu all over again. Peace Patriot Aug 2013 #46

"Too late" ? steve2470 Aug 2013 #47

When first you don't succede... Javaman Aug 2013 #48

Jesus! couldn't they at least write a new script instead of recycling the Iraq one blow by blow? yurbud Aug 2013 #49