Assad's a bastard, but better him than al-Qaeda taking the country over.
To: chessplayer
Assad has a loyal base in the Alawites and other minorities in Syria, who know they will be massacred if the Sunni-islamists
take over.
He may have his back to the wall, but he is not alone.
To: chessplayer
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The Great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign Nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled, with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. . . .
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7 posted on
05/08/2013 9:24:40 AM PDT by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: chessplayer
Or basically we have dimwits and traitors in DC who want to assist in genocide.
9 posted on
05/08/2013 9:35:58 AM PDT by
junta
("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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