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2012-05-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2012-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 In a rare acknowledgment of shortcomings, a leading figure inside the council said the group needed an overhaul and should become more inclusive.

I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.

Posted by DepotGuy 2012-05-19 09:36|| 2012-05-19 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 DG, but who runs the toll booth?

Posted by AlanC 2012-05-19 10:22|| 2012-05-19 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Barry Rubin at Rubin Reports, who, unlike me, favors Assad's overthrow, says that the SNC, which is essentially Erdogan's hand puppet, is dominated by Islamists. Syrian Kurds have threatened secession, not simply from the group, but from Syria. Remember during the anti-Soviet Afghan War when we allowed the Pakistanis to pick the most anti-American mujahideen factions to arm? These days, the Turks are doing the same kind of thing with respect to the Syrian opposition. Maybe New Yorkers will get lucky, and have a second chance to rebuild the WTC (maybe this time with the twin toothpicks, the way it was meant to be), courtesy of a new jihadist sanctuary in the Levant.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-05-19 16:16|| 2012-05-19 16:16|| Front Page Top

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