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To: 1rudeboy
If Putin is right (and many of us think that he is) that the opposition to Assad includes unsavory Islamists, he must also know that the Assad family regime is itself a criminal enterprise, whose long history of misdeeds includes mass murder at Hama and assassinations in Lebanon. ... In fact, there is not “every reason to believe” that the gas was used by opposition forces. There is real confusion about who used it.

On the subject of the issue at hand, Syria, VDH displays an ignorance of fact and logic that was dispatched a couple of weeks ago by the collective intelligence of FR. It is quite clear who launched the chemical attacks in Syria last month: the U.S.-trained, supplied and supported terrorists.

The U.S. should not have been supporting the MB and AQ in Syria for the past two years. All the U.S. has accomplished is to drive Assad further into the clutches of Russia and Iran. To this end, Obama and his Saudi overlords have used our military and intelligence resources on our dime to further their interests, not ours.

The secular Assad government would not be a bad U.S. ally, if we could ever arrange that after the mess that Obama has created. The 2-1/2 million Alawites from which Assad's family arose are a relatively 'moderate' strain of Shia Islam whom most Shias view as not even Muslim. The other components of the Assad coalition are 2-1/2 million Christians, plus the Druze and Ismailis. Assad has been able to work with the 70% Sunni majority, bringing many into government and the military. All these groups form a bulwark against Sunni fundamentalism. If Assad survives, this could be a project for the next President.

Mass murder at Huma? Dig deeper, VDH.

19 posted on 09/13/2013 12:26:11 PM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: Kennard
The secular Assad government would not be a bad U.S. ally, if we could ever arrange that after the mess that Obama has created.


21 posted on 09/13/2013 12:29:05 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Kennard

Victor Davis Hanson has a screw loose... he is still living in the 1960s during the Cold War...

Russia has a flat tax.

Russia does not have gay pride marches in their army.

National Review is a disgrace anymore, as far as I am concerned, they are a bunch of gay boys.


33 posted on 09/13/2013 4:40:46 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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