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4 months ago ::
Feb 17, 2012 - 10:42AM
#21
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According to some Hafez al-Assad took over because the Soviets were pushing to hard and getting Syria to act as their proxy in the invasion of Jordan, which was not in the best interest of Syria. Now Bashar is doing what his father did... and what his father's predecessor did simultaneously. He is the worse of the worse... he is killing his country and betraying his nation to foreign powers.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 17, 2012 - 10:36AM
#20
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you say that suggesting that you believe war is always bad and to be avoided at all cost. I believe differently. There will be a war in Syria... The question is whose side to be on, not whether or not it will occur. Assad is a mass murderer and pawn to terrorist, imperialist Iran... Assad believes that the people who I know best in the country should be intimidated into silence. Assad must die, or at least be driven out... no matter the cost. If not this will just happen again 10 years from now when he has driven the country into failed state status with his nepotistic religious extremist sectarian kleptocracy.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 17, 2012 - 8:58AM
#19
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And the world ignored 34 days of slaughter of civilians in Lebanon in 2006.
And the world ignored 23 days of slaughter of civilians in Gaza in 2008 and 2009.
In both, I observed many people turn to and place their trust in God and reach out to help one another, to love one another.
Many learned lessons about where violence takes our world and people.
Sherri
But... SOME are asking us to ignore what is currently happening...
SOME are denying it...
Some are pretending numerical equivalants are there that do not exist...
and prefer things to go the way of the past in this situation while condemning the past.
Amin,
I am not ignoring any human rights abuses any inflict or any suffer, it is testimony to the inhumanity we all can choose to embrace or take a stand against. Unfortunately, these bad things happen and will keep on happening, as long as violence is how we choose to try to handle our differences. That is what I believe is the wisest lesson any person can take away from all of this. We are largely ourselves responsible for all that is happening, every person in this world, in my opinion. We tolerate and/or support wars. And this is excactly where they take us to. There is another way. Sherri
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4 months ago ::
Feb 15, 2012 - 2:11AM
#18
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My concern is the advocacy organizations that are one issue based and more prone to be propaganda outlets... it is no surprise that some try to combine the two... and give others false impressions about the others..
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4 months ago ::
Feb 15, 2012 - 2:09AM
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There are a variety of NGOs that I have left alone because I disagree not with their methods... necessarily but some of their stances... That does not mean I do not respect them. Amnesty, for example despite its position on capitol punishment... addresses a variety of important issues, and leaves it up to those reading the reports to implement their own beliefs and priorities on where the problems are. HRW also does report many things about a variety of countries and always has. The Red Cross tries hard to not be political most of the time to the point where they were still operating in Syria (despite the murder of the Syrian chapters director)
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4 months ago ::
Feb 15, 2012 - 1:41AM
#16
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How about believing all those NGA's that they believe every time one of 'em says something bad about Israel... 
"No freedom without education"
--Thomas Jefferson
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4 months ago ::
Feb 15, 2012 - 1:37AM
#15
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It is unbelievable what some must do to confirm that which so many are saying: "Ahhh but it is not confirmed" I must ask who they would have confirm it? Who would they trust? What do they mean "confirm"?
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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2012 - 5:13PM
#14
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"But one young activist that I was speaking to put it this way: He said, “If there is military intervention, then yes, there will be a lot of bloodshed, but it’s going to be over a lot quicker. And if there isn’t military intervention, there is going to be even more bloodshed, and it’s going to take a lot longer to bring down the regime.” What a lot of people are understanding and accepting at this stage is that this is going to be a bloody battle, that more lives are going to be lost, and that perhaps the bigger challenge for Syria too is going to be after the regime topples" She is a courageous woman indeed. But the word she is bringing out of the darkness in Syria is good news: these people are not hate-crazed maniacs nor romantic fools. They are simply citizens who have been pushed way too far.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2012 - 1:26PM
#13
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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2012 - 12:40PM
#12
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tidesofspring.blogspot.com/2011/08/who-a... Whoever that blogger is, they are very brave. Too bad they have to remains anonymous to stay alive : ((
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