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2011-05-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrian regime is burning its final cards - Official sources

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Posted by Fred 2011-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Geez, the global tough guys, thefreakingfrench, are out there playing international cowboy and hoodlum berating and browbeating helpless dictators again.

Where'd these guys suddenly get the cajones to act like this? George? Is Connie Rice consulting with them on how to grow a pair?

Or, is it just the contrast between our namby pamby sissified foreign policy and thefreakingfrench?

Okay so the empty suit under the desk in the oval office issued the order to kill OBL. I think he was forced into it. What else could he do? Panetta comes to him with OBL's location and he says naw, that's not nice, we might offend someone? Do you think that would forever sink his re-election chances that are not already underwater?

I still can't belief those notorious wine sipping pinkie curling Quay D'Orsia guys are not the new tough guys in international affairs. Did someone let those guys in the Foreign Legion our of their cages and give them a desk in the foreign ministry?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-05-14 12:01|| 2011-05-14 12:01|| Front Page Top

#2 If the Brits go along with it, the French could use British bases on Cyprus to rain bombs on Assad's infrastructure. It wouldn't be unthinkable, given that Syria and Lebanon used to be French territory. It would also be the second time France has sided with Sunnis against Alawites and other minorities in what is now Syria.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-05-14 22:25|| 2011-05-14 22:25|| Front Page Top

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