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Syria's leaders continue to slaughter innocents

Schadenfroh

Schadenfroh

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/31/us-syria-idUSTRE76T02020110731
Syrian tanks firing shells and machineguns stormed the city of Hama on Sunday, killing 80 civilians
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Hama residents told Reuters by telephone that tanks and snipers fired into unarmed residential areas
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"It is desperate. The authorities think that somehow they can prolong their existence by engaging in full armed warfare on their own citizens," U.S. Press Attache J.J. Harder told Reuters by telephone from Damascus.
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Lightning strikes in the same place twice?
The assault on Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre when Assad's father crushed an Islamist uprising, began at dawn on the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan after security forces laid siege to the city for almost a month.
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Hama has particular resonance for the anti-Assad movement since the late President Hafez al-Assad sent in troops to smash an Islamist rebellion there in 1982, razing whole neighborhoods and killing up to 30,000 people in the bloodiest episode of Syria's modern history.
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Obama has issued a strongly worded statement:
U.S. President Barack Obama said he was appalled by the Syrian government's use of violence against its people in Hama and promised to work with others to isolate Assad. "The reports out of Hama are horrifying and demonstrate the true character of the Syrian regime," Obama said in a statement.
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"Syria will be a better place when a democratic transition goes forward. In the days ahead, the United States will continue to increase our pressure on the Syrian regime, and work with others around the world to isolate the Assad government and stand with the Syrian people."
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I assume that Syria is the next stop for NATO or is the Libyan campaign taking longer than expected?

While I applaud the people of Syria for taking a stand for republican reforms, I fear that going abroad in search of monsters to destroy will only eventually cost us the lives of our sons and daughters, make us poorer and cause our enemies to increase with every picture broadcast of a NATO bomb striking off-target (due to bad intel or enemies hiding among civilians) and unintentionally killing a woman or child.

RIP to those who sacrificed their lives for a chance at liberty.
 
We should send Dennis Kucinich back over there to make some more pro-regime videos.

His last visit obviously did a lot of good...
 
Ya know, at this stage of the game, I really don't care. They are just muslims. Who cares if they kill each other? I don't.
 
Thats why you would kill liberals? Just like Syria's leadership. Its fun knowing that you, governmentworker777 are the exact same extremist as these fools.
 
JSt0rm said:
Thats why you would kill liberals? Just like Syria's leadership. Its fun knowing that you, governmentworker777 are the exact same extremist as these fools.
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So you are saying that those trying to wrestle control of Syria away from the current civil authority are liberals? That's interesting. Frightening, but none the less, interesting.

And no, I do not want to kill liberals but if they try to kill me, then all bets are off.
 
a777pilot said:
And no, I do not want to kill liberals but if they try to kill me, then all bets are off.
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Yeah sure. "Check your six" - 777

I didnt say those people were liberals, I'm just saying you would kill your fellow countrymen based on their political beliefs. Even though you are backpedaling that statement now you still made it.
 
JSt0rm said:
Yeah sure. "Check your six" - 777

I didnt say those people were liberals, I'm just saying you would kill your fellow countrymen based on their political beliefs. Even though you are backpedaling that statement now you still made it.
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Go back and re-read what I posted and pay particular attention to the context.
 
a777pilot said:
Go back and re-read what I posted and pay particular attention to the context.
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Well i never talk about killing anyone regardless of context. You on the other hand are preparing for a race/class war with other americans all while sucking on the government teat.
 
JSt0rm said:
Well i never talk about killing anyone regardless of context. You on the other hand are preparing for a race/class war with other americans all while sucking on the government teat.
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Finally, something out of you that is true. That is exactly what I am doing.

As for talking about killing, you do know I am a Marine, don't you?
 
This has been happening for months. Syria has nothing the West needs, is not being attacked by Israel, a change should not be a threat to anyone. Nothing for any political affiliations to get up in arms about. Dogooders are not going to get publicity or be able to embarrass anyone. Syria gets the short stick 🙁
 
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No, in my mind this an a universal indictment against the feckless international community.

Anytime any nation brutally suppresses non violent protests that way, its a war crime, and it does little good to wait to prosecute war crimes 10-15 years after the fact.

There should be a zero world tolerance for that shit, get on the rascals immediately like stink on shit is the only way to prevent it.

I never believed the GWB shit about Syria being an axis of evil, but given what Assaud is doing to his own people, its long past time to remove Assaud, put him in an iron cage, and feed him bad food. And more importantly end the career of a serial killer.

The same fate any common criminal in any nation should expect for engaging in illegal behavior. There has to be a zero tolerance international policy for that shit.

In extension, maybe that is what the internal court in the Hague needs, a well equipped and secret strike effective force, able to go into any country, grab the miscreat, and the next thing they know, they will be in the Hague and facing international Justice.
 
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Lemon law said:
No, in my mind this an a universal indictment against the feckless international community.

Anytime any nation brutally suppresses non violent protests that way, its a war crime, and it does little good to wait to prosecute war crimes 10-15 years after the fact.

There should be a zero world tolerance for that shit, get on the rascals immediately like stink on shit is the only way to prevent it.

I never believed the GWB shit about Syria being an axis of evil, but given what Assaud is doing to his own people, its long past time to remove Assaud, put him in an iron cage, and feed him bad food. And more importantly end the career of a serial killer.

The same fate any common criminal in any nation should expect for engaging in illegal behavior. There has to be a zero tolerance international policy for that shit.
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Sounds like a plan.

When do you want the USA to attack China?
 
Looks like tanks are shelling Syrian cities, slaughtering indiscriminately:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/01/us-syria-idUSTRE76T02020110801
Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, for the second day on Monday, killing at least four civilians, residents said, in an assault to try to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad.
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Civilians cannot flee as soldiers are gunning down anyone that tries to leave the city:
"No one can leave the town because the troops and shabbiha (pro-Assad militia) are shooting at random with machineguns," a resident, who gave his name as Raed, told Reuters by telephone.
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Tanks are being used to slaughter dissidents in other cities as well:
Residents said at least 29 civilians had been killed in a weekend tank assault on Deir al-Zor, the provincial capital.
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Independent reporting of events within Syria are still a bit difficult to obtain due to the media blackout imposed by the government:
Syrian authorities have expelled most independent journalists since the anti-Assad protests began in March, making it hard to verify activists' reports or official statements.
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Guess this is why the army is so loyal (unlike in Egypt):
Assad has increasingly relied on security services and army units dominated by Alawites, at the heart of power since a 1963 Baath Party coup, to suppress protests in Sunni-majority Syria.
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Maybe sanctions will do the trick? I think not...
"We do want to see additional sanctions," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the BBC.
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It looks like we will not have another Libya:
Seeking military action against Syria, even with U.N. authority, was "not a remote possibility," he said.
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Russia and China have previously opposed any condemnation of Syria in the council, where they hold veto powers.
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Israel does much less than this to Gaza! Where is the outrage by the Palestinian supporters?
 
Lemon law said:
I never believed the GWB shit about Syria being an axis of evil, but given what Assaud is doing to his own people, its long past time to remove Assaud, put him in an iron cage, and feed him bad food. And more importantly end the career of a serial killer.
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So what other Bush policies were you wrong about?
 
Nebor said:
Lemon law said:
I never believed the GWB shit about Syria being an axis of evil, but given what Assaud is doing to his own people, its long past time to remove Assaud, put him in an iron cage, and feed him bad food. And more importantly end the career of a serial killer.
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So what other Bush policies were you wrong about?
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A better question is what Middle East policies has he been right about?
 
WOW!

More people die of starvation in shithole countries every day around the world than Syria guns down. Why again should the US give a rats ass about what the leader of a so-called peaceful Muslim nation does to their peaceful brothers?
 
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