Posted on 07/03/2013 8:40:53 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting to crush a two-year-old uprising against four decades of rule by him and his late father, said on Wednesday the upheaval in Egypt was a defeat for political Islam.
"Whoever brings religion to use in politics or in favor of one group at the expense of another will fall anywhere in the world," Assad was quoted as telling the official Thawra newspaper, according to an official Facebook page.
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I agree. I supported arming the mujaheddin against the Soviets in the 80's. Now I see what a disaster that turned out to be for us.
well, I didn’t — because I was a pre-teen in the 80’s ;-P
Nope, it’s not naive. This is the situation we can see would have happened. Why did we go after Saddam? He was keeping the Iranis and the jihadis in check? Why? Because the Saudis wanted us to?
yes, unfortunately hindsight is 20-20. But Iraq has been a stumbling block. Dubya should have gone into Pakistan after Afghanistan
Agreed, what’s so great about Kuwait anyway, besides there was a lot of made-up propaganda (i.e., the stories about the incubators) to get us into that war on behalf of our Saudi masters.
Well, 2 years on, looks like we blundered in not supporting Assad
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