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U.S. Calls on Syrian President to Resign
By STEVEN LEE MYERS 35 minutes ago
The Obama administration also froze all Syrian assets under American jurisdiction.
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U.S. Calls on Syrian President to Resign
By STEVEN LEE MYERS 35 minutes ago
The Obama administration also froze all Syrian assets under American jurisdiction.
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Re: And the Next Country is . . . Syria!
Syria is a horrible country, but when the world starts interfering in our affairs we won't have a leg to stand on. We have met the enemy and it is us.
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shiny!, I am not sure what you mean by "Syria is a horrible country"? Do you mean the current situation? Or are you referring to its long standing position as one of the world's preeminent police states?Originally posted by shiny! View Post
Have you ever been there?Comment
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Re: And the Next Country is . . . Syria!
why is the usa coming down hard on syria & the saudis... in bahrain... are off the hook?Originally posted by GRG55 View PostComment
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Unlike Bahrain, the USA doesn't have a major Navy base in Syria. Unlike Saudi, the world doesn't really need Syria's meager oil production either.Originally posted by metalman View Post
Seriously, Syria's strategic importance was as a counter-balance to Iranian influence via Hasan Nasrallah's Hezbollah in Lebanon. Unfortunately Syria's linkage to the Rafic Hariri murder put paid to that...and now they are dispensible...Comment
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...leave syria's future up to the 'rebels' ala libya & iraq...Originally posted by GRG55 View Post
empire... rebels... good guys... bad guys....
oh, i get it... it's like star wars but in real life!
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Re: And the Next Country is . . . Syria!
No, I haven't been there and I won't go there, either. Aside from its anti-semitism and the police state you mentioned, it does not give women equal protection under the law. Syria addressed its "Honor Killing" law in 2009 and failed to give it equal status to murder, giving perpetrators a minimum sentence of only 5 years and a maximum sentence of 7. The sentence for murder is 20 years at hard labor.Originally posted by GRG55 View Post
Girls as young as 13 can be forced into marriage.
Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.Comment
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Re: And the Next Country is . . . Syria!
I do give the press some credit in this. They are asking the question, " why now after so long?" Obviously the US has weighed the pros and cons FOR THE USA and has decided on regime change. I just get sick of the USA trying to play the "noble seeker of justice". What a crock. They could care less about the people of these nations. Yet people lap up this story line of the US as protector of freedom. Machiavelli couldn't hold a candle.Comment
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Re: And the Next Country is . . . Syria!
Add to the mix the Russian's naval base in Syria.Originally posted by GRG55 View Post
Photo of the Russian naval base in Syria
While revolts in Tunisia and Egypt caught the US by surprise there is speculation that they are behind revolts in Libya and Syria. Russia and China are also see observing these developments.
Press TV talks with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary to US Treasury in Panama City who concisely provides insight as to the larger scope of American hegemonic strategy that seriously risks Russian and Chinese interests.
Press TV: There is talk about Washington being advised to arm the revolutionaries in Libya. Do you think this is a good idea?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: They are already arming them. That is what's unique about the Libyan revolt. It's not a peaceful revolt; it's not taking place in the capital; it's an armed revolt from the eastern part of the country. And we know that the CIA is involved on the ground and so they are already armed.
Press TV: How do you compare this military intervention to the one in Bahrain?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: We don't want to overthrow the government in Bahrain or in Saudi Arabia where both governments are using violence against protesters because they're our puppets and we have a large naval base in Bahrain.
We want to overthrow Gaddafi and Assad in Syria because we want to clear China and Russia out of the Mediterranean. China has massive energy investments in eastern Libya and is relying on Libya along with Angola and Nigeria for energy needs. This is an American effort to deny resources to China just as Washington and London denied resources to the Japanese in the 1930s.
The interest in the Syria protests, which Wikileaks shows the Americans are behind -- we are interested in that because the Russians have a large naval base in Syria and it gives them a presence in the Mediterranean. So you see that Washington is all for invading against Libya and is putting more and more pressure to intervene in Syria because we want to get rid of the Russians and the Chinese.
We don't have anything to say about the Saudis -- how they treat protesters or anything to say about the violence used against protesters in Bahrain.
http://previous.presstv.ir/detail.as...tionid=3510302
for a better idea of what's going on, put flag pins in a map of the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa and Africa south of the Sahara.
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