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teddy51

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3. I'm not buying your story. Russia and China are sick and tired of being minipulated by the US

Reply to tabatha (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 09:29 PM

Feb 2012

and that to me is more why they vetoed the resolution. Again, I hate the fact that people are dying in Syria and the people that began the uprising certainly didn't think this thing through prior to taking on Assad and his mad men.

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America, Syria and the UN - This is what foreign-policy success looks like [View all] Pirate Smile Feb 2012 OP

Interesting read, though after watching some RT shows, and hearing the Lionessa Feb 2012 #1

Russia's Syria veto at UN to 'protect' Putin, opponent says tabatha Feb 2012 #2

I'm not buying your story. Russia and China are sick and tired of being minipulated by the US teddy51 Feb 2012 #3

I have no story, nor presented anything except an inability to make a decent call now that Lionessa Feb 2012 #4

My post wasn't directed at you, but the person that responed to your post. n/t teddy51 Feb 2012 #5

Oh, and by the way as far as manipulation is concerned - it is on both sides. tabatha Feb 2012 #7

I know that this might sound meaningless to you, but I so hear you with respect to teddy51 Feb 2012 #9

Oh my, my bad and then some. so sorry. Lionessa Feb 2012 #10

That is not "my" story. tabatha Feb 2012 #6

Jeez, were the South Africans wrong for not thinking it through before demonstrating for their freed tabatha Feb 2012 #8

But, the Syrian's have to know what Assad was going to do! We want you to step down, teddy51 Feb 2012 #11

The Syrians were expecting Assad to be better than his father. tabatha Feb 2012 #12

LOL... Trust for a Middle Eastern Dictator! What would make his people trust him to keep teddy51 Feb 2012 #13

Asma al-Assad tabatha Feb 2012 #14