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2011-05-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria's Assad reported to have ordered no shooting

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Posted by phil_b 2011-05-13 04:48|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I suspect this just reflects Assad's cowardice, in that he has a great fear of ending up like Saddam. So he is putting out that "It was all Goering's fault--I didn't know nuttin' about them camps!"

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-05-13 09:36|| 2011-05-13 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "Don't shoot em! *wink, wink*"
It's called plausible deniability. Or, in plain English, bullsh*t.

Posted by Spot 2011-05-13 10:39|| 2011-05-13 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Pencil-neck's a figurehead.

Posted by mojo 2011-05-13 10:52|| 2011-05-13 10:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Why shoot 'em when you can shell 'em with tanks?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-05-13 12:08|| 2011-05-13 12:08|| Front Page Top

#5 This is clearly opposition disinformation. When the regime stops killing its adversaries, it will collapse. The 20th century has seen Islam move towards literalist interpretations of the Koran - what we call fundamentalism. In fundamentalist (Sunni) Muslim eyes, having an Alawite government is worse than being ruled by Jews - Jews are merely people of the book, whereas Alawites are out-and-out heretics, and some Sunnis view Alawites as pagans as well.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-05-13 14:29|| 2011-05-13 14:29|| Front Page Top

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