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More young Syrians disillusioned by the revolution
LATimes ^

Posted on 01/21/2013 6:09:10 AM PST by chessplayer

Many educated, middle-class Syrians who had embraced the opposition now feel alienated by its drift toward extremism — and are aligned with neither side.

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Dawning on them the rebels might be even worse than Assad.
1 posted on 01/21/2013 6:09:13 AM PST by chessplayer
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And, of course, the educated, middle-class Syrians would be targeted by the rebels if they win.


2 posted on 01/21/2013 6:11:02 AM PST by chessplayer
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Gee I hope thay don’t realize that Obama was at fault for starting this mess.


3 posted on 01/21/2013 6:12:12 AM PST by Venturer
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I wonder how many Egyptians wish they had left Mubarak in charge. Obama started that one too.


4 posted on 01/21/2013 6:13:26 AM PST by Venturer
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Gee I hope thay don’t realize that Obama was at fault for starting this mess.

It was Reagan's fault for first getting us into Afghanistan, and then Bush's fault for Iraq. 0bama is just trying to fix the messes created by Republicans. /s

5 posted on 01/21/2013 6:15:09 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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More young Syrians disillusioned by the revolution

You don't say.

6 posted on 01/21/2013 6:18:58 AM PST by BBell (And Now for Something Completely Different)
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7 posted on 01/21/2013 6:41:50 AM PST by MuttTheHoople (Pray for Joe Biden- Proverbs 29:9)
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Many educated, middle-class Syrians who had embraced the opposition now feel alienated by its drift toward extremism — and are aligned with neither side.

The Middle Class nurtured the beast when it appeared to be a bright up and coming whelp. When it grew into a monster they kept feeding it while trying futilely to get a leash on it's neck. It is ever thus.

8 posted on 01/21/2013 7:08:45 AM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
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Well there are only two types of mussie scum...bad and worse...

No apologies.


9 posted on 01/21/2013 7:38:07 AM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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When only a Presidential "Face Palm" will suffice.


10 posted on 01/21/2013 7:49:42 AM PST by spokeshave (The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
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