Posted on 04/28/2011 10:30:24 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
In recent days, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has used its army to murder hundreds of innocent civilians as part of a vicious campaign of violence against unarmed Syrian demonstrators. What we are witnessing in Syria is another tragic outrage in the Middle East that requires immediate condemnation backed by specific measures from the United States and the international community. U.S. President Barack Obama needs to make clear whose side America is on, back up our rhetoric with action, and clearly articulate why Syria matters to the United States.
Clearly, we should be on the side of the Syrian people longing for freedom and challenging the regime's corrupt and repressive rule. Unfortunately, the Obama administration's hesitancy to weigh in has been mistaken for indecision at best and indifference at worst. The president needs to speak directly to the Syrian people to communicate American support for their legitimate demands, condemn Assad's murderous campaign against innocent civilians, and sternly warn Assad and his cohorts that they cannot continue grossly violating human rights, supporting terrorism, and sowing instability among Syria's neighbors.
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With all due respect, Senator, when was the last time the Middle East was stable?
With all due respect, he seems to have written a good article to try and get Syria on the table and show up the bummer admininstration’s leftist partisanship on the issue.
He really is just an extension of the same old, same old.
He is also like Bush on immigration.
ML/NJ
John F. Kennedy - "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
And, Senator, when will you come to the realization that Syria is a wholely-owned subsidiary of Iran?
In case you haven't noticed, we have an unstable and corrupt, illegitimate regime right here, . . plus, we're broke.
Nuff said.
Mario is not ready for Prime Time. I am FAR more concerned with the burning of over sixty Christian churches and murder of who knows how many Christians than the refusal to allow mobs to take over ala Egypt.
As for the ‘destabilize’ comment, I hate political cliches, especially ones that are patently foolish.
Maybe we should get a UN Resolution and start enforcing a no-fly zone...
Yeah, that's the ticket - Be More Like Us!
Muslims killing Muslims is preferable to Muslims killing Christians or Jews.
R-i-g-h-t . . .Obama, you must admit your mistake, now, publicly.
I'll wait right here for that to happen...waiting...waiting...
And most everything for that matter.
Now, that is funny! Syria is Sunni, Iran is Shiite.
The Brits are apparently responding by dis-inviting the Syrian ambassador to the Royal Wedding. /sarc.
You’re not holding your breath are you?
IMHO...
The few young people in the mideast who exhibit any acceptance of western civiliation at all are never pro-Israel. No one can produce ANY video evidence of any muslim anywhere taking a pro-Israel stance where they don’t equivocate and speak in “code” that basically means they want Jews and Christians to “understand” and “tolerate” muslims, but NOT the other way around. The only things about Western civilization that mideastern muslims like are modern technology and high standard of living. They all fall back on theocracy, wanting all Jews dead and... athiests and Christians are next in line, since all muslims express a view that converting to islam is the only way a non-muslim can expect to avoid a subjugation “tax” (protection money) or death.
There is no true pro-democracy movement which truly advocates for religious freedom anywhere in any muslim country. And that INCLUDES a right to NOT practice religion. No muslim nation has any concept of accepting anyone’s right to simply be agnostic or atheist. Under islam, atheists and agnostics are all in the same category as Jews or Christians or Buddhists or Hindus or anyone: there are only 3 choices - convert to islam, pay a submission tax or die.
Consequently, every muslim country is an enemy of every free western nation. The free western nations just refuse to admit it. Swarthy men speaking gibberish with their faces hidden behind rags and brandishing knives scare them.
Therefore it makes no sense to involve ourselves in muslim countries other than to destroy them and confiscate their oil.
That kind of power is the ONLY thing they respect.
Either we will subjugate them or they will subjugate us.
The only hope of having them “get” the western idea of living peacefully together - and it’s no guarantee, just a hope - is, like Japan, to have them suffer annihilating defeat.
Another neocon interventionist who doesn’t understand things.
PASS. No thanks.
With all due respect,.. they don’t respect life of their own and why should we? They’ve been killing themselves for thousands of years and we should let them.
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