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2006-02-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by 2006-02-07 15:54|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 not all of the Syrian opposition is MB. Some are Kurds, some seem to be prodemocracy. At this point id support a coalition against the regime even if it included MB.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-02-07 16:31|| 2006-02-07 16:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember these words of wisdom from my redneck grandfather, LH:

You dance with the Devil
The Devil dances with you.
You don't change the Devil
The Devil changes you.

Posted by Secret Master 2006-02-07 18:02|| 2006-02-07 18:02|| Front Page Top

#3 My understanding of the the uprising in Hamah is that it was MB not a coalition. I hope that the Kurds would pass on a coalition with MB, Zarqawi or Hezbollah, but they have certainly made friends with bad actors in the past - as we have.
I don't applaud Hamah anymore than I applaud Grozny. I am just not sympathetic to Zawahiri either.

Posted by Super Hose 2006-02-07 18:06|| 2006-02-07 18:06|| Front Page Top

#4 The "Massacre of Hamah," was named after the city where government special forces crushed the uprising killing between 10,000 and 30,000 people. According to Tom Friedman the Syrians surrounded the city and pounded it with artillery. Not really special forces but the end result is the same. Hamah was wiped from the map.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2006-02-07 18:18|| 2006-02-07 18:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I was told: If you dance with the Devil, you will get burned.

Posted by 2b 2006-02-07 22:01|| 2006-02-07 22:01|| Front Page Top

#6 So, what are we gonna do?"...
"We're gonna dance, sir!" ...
"WHO WE GONNA DANCE WITH?"...
"THE DEVIL!"...
"WE GONNA LEAD OR WE GONNA FOLLOW?"...
"WE'RE GONNA LEAD!"

A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo

Posted by gromgoru 2006-02-07 23:44|| 2006-02-07 23:44|| Front Page Top

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