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Syria crisis: France raises use of force(edited)

Pfffttt the french were waterboarding Arabs way back in the 50s, show some respect!
 
From Reuters:

Two suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded 372 in Damascus on
Thursday, state media said, the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since an
uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 14 months ago.
The blasts further shredded a ceasefire that was declared by international
mediator Kofi Annan on April 12 but which has failed to halt bloodshed pitting
Assad's security forces against peaceful demonstrators and an array of armed
insurgents.

Syria suicide bombers kill 55, ceasefire in tatters | Reuters

One of my major arguments against intervention in Syria is that one cannot be certain of the nature of the anti-regime elements. The movement could well have far more to do with toppling the minority Alawite dictatorship than democracy or freedom. Today's indiscriminate attack in Damascus provides some insight into the nature of the insurgency. It gives me added confidence that, brutal as the Assad dictatorship is, it is not in the U.S. interest to intervene in Syria.
 
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