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2011-07-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2011-07-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Multipartism sounds like multiculturalism. "programme of reform aimed at enriching the political life, creating a new dynamic and allowing for a change in political power" lots of ruck.

Posted by Dale 2011-07-26 07:20|| 2011-07-26 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 "Multipartism sounds like multiculturalism."

Do you mean you prefer single-party states, Dale? (China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam etc)

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2011-07-26 09:31|| 2011-07-26 09:31|| Front Page Top

#3 They've got what they call a multiparty system in Iran, Aris, but all candidates have to be approved by the Mullahcracy regardless. While slightly more liberal than official
single party states, these states are neither democracies nor republics, and not therefore not praiseworthy. Except, perhaps, in the American saying, "For a fat girl she doesn't sweat much."

Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-26 12:26|| 2011-07-26 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 TW that was good. I had never heard that expression. That was the direction I was headed.
An effort to deflect, diffuse, divide and conquer.
The Baath party will call the shots in my opinion. Otherwise we will hear that the "reforms did not go far enough" nor will they go fast enough. Ideal environment for provocateurs to sprout.

Posted by Dale 2011-07-26 13:48|| 2011-07-26 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Dale, a friend from a small town in South Carolina used to say that. Also, "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick."

Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-26 14:09|| 2011-07-26 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 I see Aris is still dumb as a post.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2011-07-26 18:19|| 2011-07-26 18:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Multipartism is like Greece where you have your choice of Papandreou family or the Karamanlis family.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-07-26 19:15|| 2011-07-26 19:15|| Front Page Top

#8 An effort to keep the Hashemite's from being slaughtered if fallen, Like the Assyrians 2000 years ago and their Assad.

Posted by newc 2011-07-26 22:34|| 2011-07-26 22:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Pardon My confusion of Alawite with Hashemite - Predominately Jordanian.

Posted by newc 2011-07-26 22:36|| 2011-07-26 22:36|| Front Page Top

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