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2011-11-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

8 Syrians Dead, Rebels Wage New Raid as Turkey Slams World 'Silence'

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Posted by Fred 2011-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Background:

Erdogan was the 2010 winner of the Al-gaddafi Human Rights Award. Erdogan was initially supportive gaddafi but by the middle of the summer of 2011 had come around to be supportive of the opposition.

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-11-18 07:50|| 2011-11-18 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 What is the world coming to when the only governments with a moral compass are the Turks and the French.

Is the empty suit taking any calls or did he just get out of town to avoid having to do anything?

BTW, with all of the crap flying in the ME, why is the SECSTATE in Mynamar? Of course, her being in Mynamar would explain that completely assinine comment that idiot at DOS made yesterday about the Syrian opposition. Does anyone have a brain? Does everyone in STATE think that holding hands and endless memos and sharply written letters will fix this?

We have a potential civil war/Sunni vs. Shia/Moslem vs. Jew/End of the ME as we know it about to erupt and everyone is on vacation???

At least George would have gone to Crawford and said SOMETHING. Geez, they are all incompetent.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-11-18 09:59|| 2011-11-18 09:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Everyone is VERY busy distancing themselves from the most important political issue of several generations:

The democratization of a cultural hegemony and the collapse of regional fiefdoms with Iran working to establish itself as the predominant power.

I'm viewing it thru the lens of the 20th century development of the USSR. This one however has a strong spiritual basis unifying it's constituents.

Posted by Skidmark 2011-11-18 20:42|| 2011-11-18 20:42|| Front Page Top

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