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Haley: No political solution in Syria with Assad in power
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/politics/nikki-haley-syria-interview-sotu-cnntv/index.html ^

Posted on 04/08/2017 5:46:49 PM PDT by McGruff

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview airing Sunday on CNN that until Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is out of power, she doesn't see a political solution to the conflict in Syria.

"There's not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime," Haley told "State of the Union" anchor Jake Tapper. "It just -- if you look at his actions, if you look at the situation, it's going to be hard to see a government that's peaceful and stable with Assad."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Syria
KEYWORDS: assad; neocon; ssdd; syria; trumpsyria
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To: RummyChick

Pinochet is as close to a success story as I can think of and that wasn’t without its warts.


61 posted on 04/08/2017 7:28:51 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Freedom56v2
News_Executive‏ @News_Executive 2h2 hours ago More Reports which are yet to be confirmed of at least 20 heavily armoured U.S convoy that entered southern #Syria from #Jordan.
62 posted on 04/08/2017 7:31:19 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Pinochet??????

Oh boy, if that is the best there was of them all..

well.....


63 posted on 04/08/2017 7:32:53 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: McGruff

President Trump: we don’t give a crap about Syria other than the utilization of Assad’s military to help wipe out ISIS and to keep the lid on the various savages that would run wild for generations if Assad is somehow removed from power.

You promised mutiple times when running for President that you would NOT engage in “nation building” or “regime change”.


64 posted on 04/08/2017 8:13:08 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Pinkbell
Now if we are going to take out ISIS, that’s one thing, but inserting ourselves into a civil war to overthrow Assad could have dangerous consequences.

There are 4 separate factions in there fighting...I don't believe it would be wise to go in there a pick a fight with all of them...

I really hope our side is not going to ally with McCain's and Obama's Al Qaeda Rebel terrorists...

65 posted on 04/08/2017 8:15:30 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool
There are 4 separate factions in there fighting...I don't believe it would be wise to go in there a pick a fight with all of them...

What if we simply blow all of them up?...Sort of a peace-keeping mission.

66 posted on 04/08/2017 8:20:20 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: wiseprince
If I hear Trump himself utter regime change then I may have to call it quits on him.

Trump has called for regime change...

67 posted on 04/08/2017 8:26:50 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Pinkbell

It isn’t possible to take out ISIS because ISIS is Islam. There is no radical Islam; there is just Islam. It’s incompatible with a free society.

There are only 2 solutions, neither of which will be used:
1. Kill all Muslims. (barbaric, and not possible)
2. Ban Islam in civilized countries, deport Muslims to Muslim countries, bring US troops home and put them on our borders, and institute a “pet the pig” requirement to enter a non-Muslim country or board a plane.

Sending US troops to Muslim countries to fight guarantees more American deaths, more Muslim invaders known as refugees coming into our country, and more Muslim radicals rising up to join the fight. It’s a no-win situation.


68 posted on 04/08/2017 8:28:46 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
What if we simply blow all of them up?...Sort of a peace-keeping mission.

At least that would be a solution...

69 posted on 04/08/2017 8:30:38 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: McGruff

Hit the road chemical boy.

Assad should be given minute amounts of chemical agents to prolong the suffering as much as possible before the capillaries in HIS lungs pop like bubbles in sparkling champagne.


70 posted on 04/08/2017 8:37:34 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Is this the old loft with the paint pealng off it?)
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To: McGruff
What kind of bull**** is this?

Another $1 trillion and 5,000 Americans dead, so we can turn a s***hole into a cluster****???

Fire this idiot woman.

71 posted on 04/08/2017 8:38:34 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: Aria
This means the false flag op is already here and planned with fake Syrian papers and ready to go at a moment's notice.

It will happen, Americans will be outraged, but I don't think too many of us will buy that it is "Syria". Maybe 50%. But don't worry, that's enough, because the 50% who doesn't buy it is deplorable.

72 posted on 04/08/2017 8:40:22 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: lodi90
The real goal is rolling back Death to America Iran and their eventual ICBM program.

Sure it is (eyeroll)

73 posted on 04/08/2017 8:42:46 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: McGruff

If he gets us into Syria, he’ll break every other promise he made.


74 posted on 04/08/2017 8:47:59 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: Iscool
At least that would be a solution

No troops, no guns, just battlefield vaporization.

(also the AC130 comes to mind)

75 posted on 04/08/2017 9:05:20 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: Eddie01

And what do you propose for Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud?

Dismemberment with a machete, or crucifixion?

Or are you just another Saudi sucker?


76 posted on 04/08/2017 9:05:21 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Neocon counter-Christs. Wise as doves, harmless as serpents.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Peace MAKING mission.

FIRST you MAKE peace: either annihilate the enemy, or create a circumstance they understand to be insurmountable; a sort of Hiroshima moment, if you will.

AFTER you make peace, then you keep it.

Frankly, I’m not opposed to us MAKING peace, but once made we need to FORCE whatever is there, still living, and ambulatory to step up and keep it themselves. Tell ‘em if they screw up and let it get outta hand, we’ll come back and MAKE peace some more. Lather. Rinse. Repeat until a group emerges from the devastation that demonstrates a willingness to take charge, and keep it chill going forward.


77 posted on 04/08/2017 9:05:49 PM PDT by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: McGruff

This is moronic.

Muslim savages need a strongman to control them.

The world would be better if we had left Saddam Hussein and Quaddafi in power.


78 posted on 04/08/2017 9:13:29 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: blueplum
I don’t think Assad is going anywhere. Russia isn’t; they like the ports just fine and Syria is Russia’s oldest ally in the ME. Signaling Assad he’s going to be removed doesn’t exactly motivate him to fight anyone but his enemies in a buffer zone around Damascus. He only has control of about 1/10th of his country and too few soldiers left to maintain control over the rest. I’ve read of a few plans to break Syria into 5 or 6 zones, with ME players (all those visitors to the WH) establishing safe zones and administrative zones within the same. That was what the big pow-wow in Brussels last week was about. I think a better signal to Assad would be, here’s what is going to happen, you keep Damascus and Port Tardus for your Russian friends and when your miserable little civil war is over, if you’re a good little despot and keep your paws out of the zones, we’ll talk again.

This makes the most sense, especially if we are to put boots on the ground only to protect the safe zones. Russia still gets what they want and this move would further neuter Assad, not replace him.

CGato

79 posted on 04/08/2017 9:24:39 PM PDT by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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To: Timpanagos1

And pipeline construction too but I bet nodapl will not be protesting


80 posted on 04/08/2017 9:28:42 PM PDT by South Dakota (We need a real independent investigation of Bill/Hillary and Obama's actions)
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