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...Mr Assad told Syrian state television his country is capable of confronting any external aggression.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
IF Assad was smart he's sit back and shut the hell up. Last I saw, 80% of the American people are against action in Syria. If he starts shooting off his mouth, he'll get Americans all worked up and they'll decide to go shut his mouth for him. That's just how we roll over here. Right now he's got 80% of Americans saying 'dont' go to Syria'. But that could easily switch if he taunts us ... (yes, that's how we roll .. it's human nature)
Originally posted by deviant300
Breaking: Syria: Assad Says He Is Ready For Fight
news.sky.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
President Assad says Syria is capable of confronting military action, as the US claims it has evidence of sarin gas use.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the "case is building" for a military attack and that the administration learned of the sarin use through samples of hair and blood provided to Washington by first responders in Damascus.
Mr Assad told Syrian state television his country is capable of confronting any external aggression.
More follows ...
Originally posted by Pharyax
I seem to recall Saddam Hussein saying the same thing right before the Iraq War.. then we found him in a hole in the ground cowering....
We don't NEED another war.. geez, but if he's using Sarin gas on his people and no one will act, who WILL? Russia? hah... Iran? Hell no... We would.. we're damned if we DO and damned if we DON'T...
Originally posted by Myrtales Instinct
Capable of confronting any external aggression, eh? Right.
He hasn't been able to get back anything he's lost control of, so he sets off a chemical weapon hoping that the psychological impact is so great that the revolutionists back off. I think he gambled with his own fate and now he's about to get his ass handed to him.
Assad had his chance. Dictator's don't know how to gracefully step down from power. Back them into a corner and they become unstable and unpredictable. Everything this man and his family have known is coming to an end and at the end of the day do the unthinkable - rain chemical weapons on any one of his neighbors, then it's too late.
In my circles we call this the Damascus phase.
Originally posted by ATSWATCHER
Originally posted by Myrtales Instinct
Capable of confronting any external aggression, eh? Right.
He hasn't been able to get back anything he's lost control of, so he sets off a chemical weapon hoping that the psychological impact is so great that the revolutionists back off. I think he gambled with his own fate and now he's about to get his ass handed to him.
Where the proof, there's PLENTY of Video showing him walking around Damascus if he lost control he wouldn't be able to do that.
Talk about being uneducated, the fighting has been in and around Damascus not in it.
Assad had his chance. Dictator's don't know how to gracefully step down from power. Back them into a corner and they become unstable and unpredictable. Everything this man and his family have known is coming to an end and at the end of the day do the unthinkable - rain chemical weapons on any one of his neighbors, then it's too late.
You words are 1000% uneducated, he was elected by POPULAR VOTE, so he ain't a DICTATOR, show the 2005/10 protests of 3/4 or more of Syrian wanting him to step down.
He is dictating so that makes him a dictator. Oh, and that hill the presidential palace sits on? I bet there is a bunker underneath it that he'll soon be sitting in.
In my circles we call this the Damascus phase.
The only way to defeat Syria is 1. 10,000 or more missiles coming in at once, or nukes, other than that regular warfare, they have PLENTY of advanced Russia weapons to hit/hurt U.S.A-U.K/Israelis.edit on 4-9-2013 by ATSWATCHER because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by deviant300
Breaking: Syria: Assad Says He Is Ready For Fight
news.sky.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
President Assad says Syria is capable of confronting military action, as the US claims it has evidence of sarin gas use.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the "case is building" for a military attack and that the administration learned of the sarin use through samples of hair and blood provided to Washington by first responders in Damascus.
Mr Assad told Syrian state television his country is capable of confronting any external aggression.
More follows ...
Originally posted by Myrtales Instinct
Capable of confronting any external aggression, eh? Right.
He hasn't been able to get back anything he's lost control of, so he sets off a chemical weapon hoping that the psychological impact is so great that the revolutionists back off. I think he gambled with his own fate and now he's about to get his ass handed to him.
Assad had his chance. Dictator's don't know how to gracefully step down from power. Back them into a corner and they become unstable and unpredictable. Everything this man and his family have known is coming to an end and at the end of the day do the unthinkable - rain chemical weapons on any one of his neighbors, then it's too late.
In my circles we call this the Damascus phase.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
IF Assad was smart he's sit back and shut the hell up. Last I saw, 80% of the American people are against action in Syria. If he starts shooting off his mouth, he'll get Americans all worked up and they'll decide to go shut his mouth for him. That's just how we roll over here. Right now he's got 80% of Americans saying 'dont' go to Syria'. But that could easily switch if he taunts us ... (yes, that's how we roll .. it's human nature)
Originally posted by Adaluncatif
Originally posted by Myrtales Instinct
Capable of confronting any external aggression, eh? Right.
He hasn't been able to get back anything he's lost control of, so he sets off a chemical weapon hoping that the psychological impact is so great that the revolutionists back off. I think he gambled with his own fate and now he's about to get his ass handed to him.
Assad had his chance. Dictator's don't know how to gracefully step down from power. Back them into a corner and they become unstable and unpredictable. Everything this man and his family have known is coming to an end and at the end of the day do the unthinkable - rain chemical weapons on any one of his neighbors, then it's too late.
In my circles we call this the Damascus phase.
Apparently you don't keep in touch with current events. Assad has been taking back any territory that was lost to the rebels(Al Qaida and US backed mercenaries). That's why it seemed ridiculous that he would use chemical weapons. He is winning the war. That is why the US wants to attack. It is an act of desperation. Assad had his chance? What chance was that? Step down from power as the legitimate government of Syria? Let terrorists control the country? Let the United States turn Syria into a failed state as is their plan? Assad is not crazy or evil. He has done what any responsible leader should do in his position. You need to stop letting yourself be brainwashed, fool.