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Residents in the Syrian capital woke up to two loud explosions Sunday amid unconfirmed activist reports that a major building belonging to the ruling Baath party had been by hit several rocket-propelled grenades.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
It looks like the rebels went right back to work after the meeting. Peaceful protesters?
Explo sions heard in Syria's capital, Assad vows crackdown will continue
Residents in the Syrian capital woke up to two loud explosions Sunday amid unconfirmed activist reports that a major building belonging to the ruling Baath party had been by hit several rocket-propelled grenades.
Originally posted by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi
It's not "free press" or "neutral", nor are they even reporters; they're just talking heads reading lines from a pre-written agenda, an agenda that has NO room for the nationalism of any country OTHER than the MSM network's very own.edit on 20-11-2011 by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by FlyingSpaghettiMonster
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
It looks like the rebels went right back to work after the meeting. Peaceful protesters?
Explo sions heard in Syria's capital, Assad vows crackdown will continue
Residents in the Syrian capital woke up to two loud explosions Sunday amid unconfirmed activist reports that a major building belonging to the ruling Baath party had been by hit several rocket-propelled grenades.
Why does it have to be one thing or the other? Rebellions are complex events. As Libya showed, unless there's some clear organising force to direct things, it gets messy and complicated very quickly. It seems that peaceful protest has been met with disproportionate deadly force by the Syrian government, then somewhat later, elements of the Syrian military have rebelled and brought their way of doing things to bear. But this doesn't make all protesters by implication supporters of armed revolution. Nor does it cancel out their genuine wishes for a free society.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
Originally posted by FlyingSpaghettiMonster
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
It looks like the rebels went right back to work after the meeting. Peaceful protesters?
Explo sions heard in Syria's capital, Assad vows crackdown will continue
Residents in the Syrian capital woke up to two loud explosions Sunday amid unconfirmed activist reports that a major building belonging to the ruling Baath party had been by hit several rocket-propelled grenades.
Why does it have to be one thing or the other? Rebellions are complex events. As Libya showed, unless there's some clear organising force to direct things, it gets messy and complicated very quickly. It seems that peaceful protest has been met with disproportionate deadly force by the Syrian government, then somewhat later, elements of the Syrian military have rebelled and brought their way of doing things to bear. But this doesn't make all protesters by implication supporters of armed revolution. Nor does it cancel out their genuine wishes for a free society.
I never implied any of that. If you saw otherwise it means you took my words out of context. Are you saying that you are certain that this "uprising" is completely homegrown and that there is no foreign intervention via proxy whatsoever?
“They spoke about putting in place a high military council on the Egyptian model, with generals running the country and responsible for making senior strategic options,” the paper quoted the Syrian opposition figure as saying.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
reply to post by FlyingSpaghettiMonster
Look, I think you're missing the point. Perhaps it's my fault for not explaining it very well. I am not doubting that there is an unhappy population base in Syria who would like a new government. I'm only pointing out the probability of U.S. intervention due to their history in the whole region. Regardless of all the other U.S. meddling in that region let's focus on Syria.
The U.S. is known for conducting raids into Syria just like they do in Pakistan.
US helicopter raid on Syria kills eight
The U.S. has even let their intentions known of intervening in Syria as recently as last month.
U.S. and Iran discuss Syrian crisis in back-channel diplomacy: report
Check this part out:
“They spoke about putting in place a high military council on the Egyptian model, with generals running the country and responsible for making senior strategic options,” the paper quoted the Syrian opposition figure as saying.
They are talking about installing a government like they did in Egypt, and now Libya. I know you think I'm being closed minded, but I assure you my mind is open to all possibilities. No offense but it's you who seems closed minded.
In my opinion it would be foolish to not believe the U.S. will take full advantage of this situation.
The Syrian Free Army, comprising army defectors and based in neighbouring Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack on the Baath Party building in Damascus.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
reply to post by FlyingSpaghettiMonster
It appears the Free Syrian Army has claimed responsibility once again:
The Syrian Free Army, comprising army defectors and based in neighbouring Turkey, claimed responsibility for the attack on the Baath Party building in Damascus.
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Just in case you didn't know who they are exactly. Here is a bit of information on them. This is from CNN so I can't guarantee it being completely accurate.
[url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/17/who-and-what-is-the-free-syrian-army/?hpt=hp_t3]Who and what is the Free Syrian Army?
I'm sorry, but this is looking more and more like a Western sponsored uprising every minute. As I admitted before, the population of Syria is fed up so their unhappiness is certainly a major factor. My interpretation of your statements so far is that you are in complete disbelief that the U.S. and it's allies may have a helping hand in all of this which is why we seem to be in disagreement.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
This is starting to look just like the lead up to the Libyan mission. Pretty soon NATO countries will be arming these rebels whether directly or indirectly if it's not already happening.
NATO will need to be more careful with Libya though especially since the Russians are also making their presence felt in the region militarily and politically.
At lease Assad has agreed to allow observers into Syria which hopefully will calm some of the tensions.
www.independent.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)