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Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survives assassination bid
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Home Front: WoT
Salman Rushdie and Moral Courage
Posted by: tipper || 04/29/2013 14:19 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  William Burroughs would chuckle evilly and snarl "Get a gun, boy..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/29/2013 18:28 Comments || Top||

#2  his column is useful not for its intellectual value

Which, considering Mr. Rushdie's body of work, isn't all that valuable to begin with.
Posted by: Pappy || 04/29/2013 22:58 Comments || Top||


Blair: Patterns emerge
Posted by: tipper || 04/29/2013 12:49 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  For a moment there, I thought Tony got some integrity.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/29/2013 14:42 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria: The Only Red Line Should Be To Stay Out
Posted by: tipper || 04/29/2013 11:09 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Amen.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/29/2013 14:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Seriously what happens if Assad survives this?

Posted by: Bernard Z || 04/29/2013 15:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Claims that early American intervention could have imposed a simple and clean settlement are illusory.

Quite profound. I hope all in congress read and memorized that key sentence.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/29/2013 15:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Seriously what happens if Assad survives this? Posted by Bernard Z

Scenario #1: If Assad survives [which is quite likely], a ruthless anti-American and anti-Israeli tyrant will continue to rule Syria.

Scenario #2: If Assad does not survive, some other ruthless anti-American and anti-Israeli tyrant, whom we do not yet know will rule Syria.

There appear to be no other scenarios, choose wisely.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/29/2013 16:09 Comments || Top||

#5  Scenario #1: If Assad survives [which is quite likely], a ruthless anti-American and anti-Israeli tyrant will continue to rule Syria.

...who sponsors terrorists, but never actually went to war against Israel, being perfectly willing to let Iran carry that burden.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/29/2013 16:28 Comments || Top||

#6  "Seriously what happens if Assad survives this?"

He gets voted MVP (most valuable potenate) and goes to Disneyland?
Posted by: Broadhead6 || 04/29/2013 16:49 Comments || Top||

#7  Scenario #1: ...

Scenario #2: ...

Obama and his cabinet would consider this a win-win situation....
Posted by: CrazyFool || 04/29/2013 18:08 Comments || Top||

#8  Putin will win a deal on this. Just let Russia stay and forget Assad. This is politics so anything can happen. Just send money. EU wants out but they want control of the money flow. Turkey will win here also. If I were Kurdish I would be worried. Russia could win many long term benefits here.
Posted by: Dale || 04/29/2013 18:43 Comments || Top||

#9  If Assad does not survive, some other ruthless anti-American and anti-Israeli tyrant, whom we do not yet know will rule Syria.

This other tyrant will have a record of being affiliated with the terrorists who staged the 9/11 attacks. As someone who was in the subway tunnel underneath one of the towers as one of the planes hit, I have a problem with that.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 04/29/2013 22:51 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
How to Defeat Cyber Jihad
Posted by: tipper || 04/29/2013 20:28 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Culture Wars
Weaponized America: Sturm, Ruger Backlog Doubles; Gun Production, Shipments Surge
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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2013-04-29
  Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survives assassination bid
Sun 2013-04-28
  Blasts at election offices kill eight in Pakistan
Sat 2013-04-27
  Afghan bus crash kills 30, Taliban blamed
Fri 2013-04-26
  Terror plot: Leaders jailed for Birmingham bomb plan
Thu 2013-04-25
  Clashes between police and Uighurs in China leave 21 dead
Wed 2013-04-24
  Iraq: 35 dead in clashes, bombing as tensions rise
Tue 2013-04-23
  Two men arrested over 'al-Qaeda inspired' plan to attack a Via Rail train in Toronto area
Mon 2013-04-22
  Al Qaeda intelligence chief reported killed in drone strike
Sun 2013-04-21
  Egypt Police Arrest 39 in Cairo Clashes
Sat 2013-04-20
  Got him! Dzhokhar in custody
Fri 2013-04-19
  Boston: 1 suspect dead, 2nd on loose jugged
Thu 2013-04-18
  Pakistan's Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest
Wed 2013-04-17
  Boston Bombing Suspect Identified, Arrest Made
Tue 2013-04-16
  Feds seek suspects, motive in Boston bombings
Mon 2013-04-15
  Pair of Explosions Hit Boston Marathon


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