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Assad tells Obama to stop arming rebels or no deal

Oh really? When Assad armed, trained, equipped, and offered Al Qaeda in Iraq a strategic rest and support area in order to kill my friends, was that part of his "war on terror"?


But of course that was too. I'm sorry you and your friends were there cp and for the 1-2 hundred K civilians that the US killed, and their families, I'm sure the US seemed to be terrorists as well.
 
So NO in fact, you have no credible way of demonstrating how U.S. strikes would have caused the region to erupt in war?

Well not any more than you have that it won't. But I'm one of the rational ones saying don't poke a stick at it and find out.
 
Imagine the leader of that worthless country giving orders to the President of the United States.

The overriding theme behind all of this byplay is how silly and childlike Obama looks on an international stage with adults that are ridiculing him.

At least he didn't tell the terrorists "Bring it On!"
 
So you cannot cite Putin's "evidence"?

How many civilians has Assad killed?

No Eco that's NOT what I said. The evidence has been posted numerous times, and you know it has.
 
No Eco that's NOT what I said. The evidence has been posted numerous times, and you know it has.

Why can't you cite it?

And I ask again: how many civilians has Assad killed?
 
and what if the syrian people don't recognize Assad as legitimate?

Assad only inherited the role of leader from his father: they were/are both dictators.


If that were the case, it would be for the Syrian's to decide.
 
If that were the case, it would be for the Syrian's to decide.

That's kind of difficult when Assad does not allow elections and slaughters tens of thousands of civilians.
 
Why can't you cite it?

And I ask again: how many civilians has Assad killed?

It's been cited for you too many times and seen by everyone else. I won't be putting it up for you again because you don't care. You want the US to start bombing president Assad's forces and won't get another good nights rest until that happens.
 
It's been cited for you too many times and seen by everyone else. I won't be putting it up for you again because you don't care. You want the US to start bombing president Assad's forces and won't get another good nights rest until that happens.

Why can't you cite your so-called evidence and why can't you tell us how many civilians you think Assad has killed? I'd think the latter could be handled easily.
 
you forgot what a dictator means?

It means to rule with absolute power, and eliminate anyone who disagrees with you.

President Assad has been fighting terrorists. The US has been training, arming and sending them in.
 
Why can't you cite your so-called evidence and why can't you tell us how many civilians you think Assad has killed? I'd think the latter could be handled easily.


I repeat for the third and final time. Myself and several other posters have put up the evidence you request multiple times, you've dismissed it before and only will again. As to civilians killed, as I said, the US has killed far more so you have no legitimate point.
 
Well not any more than you have that it won't.

On the contrary, I have plenty of good reasons why it won't, starting with "it is in none of the key players' interests except for Assad."
 
But of course that was too. I'm sorry you and your friends were there cp and for the 1-2 hundred K civilians that the US killed, and their families, I'm sure the US seemed to be terrorists as well.

False on both counts. Assad has supportedly and enabled plenty of terrorists, and his main ally, Hezbollah, is probably one of if not the most deadly terrorist organization in the world. Assad is not invoved in a War on Terrorism - he is guilty of it himself, that is a propaganda point that has been captured and repeated by his enablers abroad. Nor did the U.S. kill 1-200K civilians in Iraq; that many probably died, but the vast majority were at the hands of the terrorist organizations that targeted them.
 
So you cannot cite Putin's "evidence"?

How many civilians has Assad killed?
There's always collateral damage when you're fighting terrorists who hide in apartments and schools.

Assad hasn't killed any civilians. I can find no evidence to the contrary.
 
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Assad hasn't killed any civilians. I can find no evidence to the contrary.

Ok... how many civilians have been killed by Assad's forces, in your guess/estimation/opinion?
 
There's always collateral damage when you're fighting terrorists who hide in apartments and schools.

Assad hasn't killed any civilians. I can find no evidence to the contrary.

Lets not forget the UN doesn't distinguish those civilians that are non-combatants with those civilians that are families of the Rebels and or supporters. That hide and supply them as well as work to spot out Assad's forces. Their Underground so to speak.
 
Obama is actually a puppet. I wonder who is pulling the strings.
 
Ok... how many civilians have been killed by Assad's forces, in your guess/estimation/opinion?

Oh to be honest I don't care. He's fighting against Al-Qaeda. He can burn his entire country to ash if it means the death of Al-Qaeda. But I will point out that he's the legitimately elected president, and the fact that he protects minorities and has been pursuing a secular government is a bonus.
 
Oh to be honest I don't care. He's fighting against Al-Qaeda. He can burn his entire country to ash if it means the death of Al-Qaeda.

That's insanity.

But I will point out that he's the legitimately elected president,

hahaha

When the elder Assad died on on 10 June 2000, Bashar was appointed leader of the Ba'ath Party and the Army,[citation needed] and was elected president unopposed in what the government claimed to be a massive popular support (97% of the votes), after the Majlis al-Sha'ab (Parliament) swiftly voted to lower the minimum age for candidates from 40 to 34 (Assad's age when he was elected).[citation needed] On 27 May 2007, Bashar was approved as president for another seven-year term, with the official result of 97.6% of the votes in a referendum without another candidate.[26]

Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
the people of syria don't view him as legitimate, that's the reason why they are rebelling against assad in the first place.

Are you suggesting that the rebel factions speak for most of the people?

I think not.
 
President Assad's government is the recognised and legitimate government of Syria, whether the US or you like it or not.

Yep, and with us arming the terrorists, we have declared war!
 
That's insanity.
So it's insane to fight against Al-Qaeda? Would you say that to the people who had family members die when the U.S. was attacked on 9/11.
 
So it's insane to fight against Al-Qaeda? Would you say that to the people who had family members die when the U.S. was attacked on 9/11.

You seem to have dropped most of your statement.
 
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