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Originally posted by dorkfish87
Whether or not someone's a terrorist just depends on who's holding the gun. I'm sure Assad thinks that they're terrorists, they oppose his totalitarian regime.
Personally, I agree, but he's a terrorist too
Originally posted by ausername
Assad may not be as bad as some have portrayed him to be, but he isn't a saint either.
I'm not sure which is more disgusting here in this context, the unanswered crimes against humanity, or the overt ass kissing Assad is enjoying from so many of you here now.
Assad may not be as bad as some have portrayed him to be, but he isn't a saint either.
I'm not sure which is more disgusting here in this context, the unanswered crimes against humanity...
...or the overt ass kissing Assad is enjoying from so many of you here now.
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by Ghost375
Most people here need to look up the Kent State shooting by the National Guard.
These people werent even rioting, they were just protesting the Viet Nam war.
I don't get how any American can criticize a government stopping rebellions with force.
Originally posted by intrptr
Most Americans don't. Its their media that is doing that. According to them the American Government is the "Humanitarian Interveners" and the Syrian Government is the "Evil Regime".
If you had have checked, the original poster's address is Damascus. That could be a hint.
Originally posted by yorkshirelad
So please tell me when were you in Syria? Who did you meet ?
If you have not been there then you are simply deciding whose story to believe.
DUH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by Juggernog
Someone, NATO, UN, EU or some other power is systematically taking down the Arab states that were prosperous and had liberal islamic views.
First it was Egypt, yea not very prosperous but they were tolerant to a lot of non muslim.
Then you have Libya, which was by far the most prosperous country in Northern Africa, maybe even the entire continent and they were also very liberal.
Next up is Syria and its civil war whose rebels are largely made up of non Syrians, just as it was in Libya and Egypt.
Come on, does it have to hit you right in the face before you can see whats going on?edit on 1/6/2013 by Juggernog because: (no reason given)
Foreign debt
Syria has made progress in easing its heavy foreign debt burden through bilateral rescheduling deals with virtually all of its key creditors in Europe.In December 2004, Syria and Poland reached an agreement by which Syria would pay $27 million out of the total $261.7 million debt. In January 2005, Russia and Syria signed a deal that wrote off nearly 80% of Syria's debt to Russia, approximately €10.5 billion ($13 billion). The agreement left Syria with less than €3 billion (just over $3.6 billion) owed to Moscow. Half of it would be repaid over the next 10 years, while the rest would be paid into Russian accounts in Syrian banks and could be used for Russian investment projects in Syria and for buying Syrian products. This agreement was part of a weapons deal between Russia and Syria. And later that year Syria reached an agreement with Slovakia, and the Czech Republic to settle debt estimated at $1.6 billion. Again Syria was forgiven the bulk of its debt, in exchange for a one time payment of $150 million. Syria has also settled its debt with Iran and the World Bank.
All prosperous nations that do not play by the rules of the international banking cartels are subject to sanctions and coup attempts until they comply or their regime is overthrown.
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by InTheFlesh1980
All prosperous nations that do not play by the rules of the international banking cartels are subject to sanctions and coup attempts until they comply or their regime is overthrown.
I think youre exactly right. Wasnt the first thing that Libyas "liberators" did was to set up a central bank?
Originally posted by paraphi
Originally posted by intrptr
Most Americans don't. Its their media that is doing that. According to them the American Government is the "Humanitarian Interveners" and the Syrian Government is the "Evil Regime".
“If Syria is such a smashing place to be (and Iran, China, Libya etc) then why do so many people drop all they have an emigrate to the US or Europe”?
Originally posted by cass1dy09
40 years of control is too long Syria deserve change!!!
Al Assad is an educated man, he is a popular leader, he is loved by the Syrian nation regardless what Clinton says.
Originally posted by Power_Semi
Amazing that every country there is either ruled by an evil dictator or is a "terrorist" nation.
Or are they?
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by InTheFlesh1980
All prosperous nations that do not play by the rules of the international banking cartels are subject to sanctions and coup attempts until they comply or their regime is overthrown.
I think you're exactly right. Wasn't the first thing that Libya's "liberators" did was to set up a central bank?
Some researchers are pointing out that Iran is one of only three countries left in the world whose central bank is not under Rothschild control. Before 9-11 there were reportedly seven: Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Cuba, North Korea and Iran. By 2003, however, Afghanistan and Iraq were swallowed up by the Rothschild octopus, and by 2011 Sudan and Libya were also gone. In Libya, a Rothschild bank was established in Benghazi while the country was still at war.
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