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Obama Calls on Assad to Step Down
Fox News ^ | 18 April 2011 | Fox News Staff

Posted on 08/18/2011 7:27:53 AM PDT by WellyP

President Obama on Thursday for the first time called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, while announcing a new set of sanctions against the regime.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/18/sources-us-call-for-assad-departure-imminent/#ixzz1VP0wEtGn

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: assad; syria
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To: WellyP

how vain can one become...


21 posted on 08/18/2011 7:37:59 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: WellyP

Bashar al Assad is not his Daddy’s kind of Stalinist, but his brother is in charge of the Syrian military, and as long as the Army is fanatically devoted to House Assad, and they most certainly are, Bashar is invulnerable.

Assad is going nowhere anytime soon, and especially not at the direction of Premier Hussein. Hafez al Assad was a very devoted Stalinist, and enjoyed the support of the former Soviet Union for decades. They armed him with just about everything they had in their arsenal, and as a result the Syrian Army is well equipped to put down any kind of internal resistance as their performance over the last five months has proven.

This statement from Hussein is meaningless. The US is in no position to do anything about removing him. NATO is six months into their efforts to remove Kadaffy, and making no progress toward removing him either.

An interesting question is: Where is Code Pinko, and their bloody hands thrust into Hillary Clinton’s face, the same way they did to Condi Rice??


22 posted on 08/18/2011 7:41:33 AM PDT by Bean Counter ("For every man there exists a bait he cannot resist swallowing.".....Nietzsche)
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To: dfwgator

I second the motion.

All in favor say “aye’


23 posted on 08/18/2011 7:42:20 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: WellyP

I call for Obama to step down.


24 posted on 08/18/2011 7:42:28 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: dfwgator

corrupt media in action.

Obama didn’t call for it.

He sent his fellow Saul Alinskyite, Hillary Clinton, out to call for the step down...


25 posted on 08/18/2011 7:42:57 AM PDT by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
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To: dfwgator

"That trick never works!"

26 posted on 08/18/2011 7:49:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: WellyP

‘Stop, or I’ll yell ‘stop’ again!’


27 posted on 08/18/2011 7:49:40 AM PDT by mkboyce
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To: Kartographer

“Any chance Assad will do the same thing with ‘Bammy’?”

Wouldn’t that be hilarious?


28 posted on 08/18/2011 7:51:40 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: smalltownslick

Assad should reply Nuts! That would be hilarious.


29 posted on 08/18/2011 7:53:22 AM PDT by bkepley
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To: WellyP

Obama, you couldn’t run a lemonade stand if you had an operator’s manual; I call on you to step down!


30 posted on 08/18/2011 7:53:29 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Obama couldn't run a lemonade stand. Let him eat peas!)
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To: WellyP

It worked so well in Libya, why not?


31 posted on 08/18/2011 7:57:05 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: dfwgator

Title should be:

Asshat calls on Assad to Step Down....................


32 posted on 08/18/2011 7:57:22 AM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: ilovesarah2012

Genoa calls for Obama and Biden to step down.


33 posted on 08/18/2011 7:57:25 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: dfwgator

I second the motion!


34 posted on 08/18/2011 7:58:40 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: SkyDancer
Maybe there should be a Glen Beck moment and millions show up in DC to tell Zero to step down.

I am sooo in.

35 posted on 08/18/2011 8:00:12 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: paul51

You first qum-quat.


36 posted on 08/18/2011 8:06:38 AM PDT by Waco (Nominate Palin or forget 2012 you lost)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
...thousands of innocent Syrians have been slaughtered....

Phooey! Turn these islamists on Israel - or on us - and see how ¨innocent¨ they are are.

37 posted on 08/18/2011 8:10:31 AM PDT by onedoug (SARAH!)
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To: WellyP

iran will tell Obobo to take a flying .,,


38 posted on 08/18/2011 8:14:25 AM PDT by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: WellyP

Distraction..... and pretending to be the president.


39 posted on 08/18/2011 8:20:36 AM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: dfwgator

Gator113 calls for Obama to step down.


40 posted on 08/18/2011 8:22:29 AM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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