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Special Report Panel on Intervention in Syria-- Nov 30, 2012 -- FOXNEWS Video
Weekly Standard Blog ^ | Nov 30, 2012

Posted on 12/01/2012 12:49:29 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Steve Hayes, with A.B. Stoddard and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dsj; iran; israel; obama; russia; syria; syriacivilwar; waronterror

1 posted on 12/01/2012 12:49:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Marine_Uncle; TigersEye; onyx; SunkenCiv; blam; Gritty; darkwing104; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge; ...

NY Times article mentioned....will look for it.


2 posted on 12/01/2012 1:01:50 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Ernest, that’s one hell of a great excerpt. ;’)


3 posted on 12/01/2012 1:03:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
Well,....I did my best...not much to work with....but this might help for more info....

U.S. Moves Toward Recognizing Syria’s Opposition

4 posted on 12/01/2012 1:17:15 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv
I'm really disturbed by that string of ill-considered truisms I saw. These guys are talking about the "necessity" of the US controlling an outcome over which we never had any real possibility of control. The bulk of the people who have the will and passion to risk their lives to free themselves of Assad are the jihadis. No one else has the international networking to solicit, receive, and apply military aid. Hence, Assad was a bad guy channeling Iranian support for Hizbullah but the alternative is a pan-Arabic caliphate capable of transnational unity in its opposition to the existence of Israel.

Take your pick. We're not even talking about that choice in the one place where such policies are supposed to be discussed: Congress, the house of the people.

Well there's more to that choice. The Russians are invested in Assad, heavily. Further, to reduce and constrain Iranian influence in the Gulf means that whatever bilateral opposition within the Islamic world will have been eliminated. Do we really want a unified Islam? Or do we want them fighting each other internally with their own blood and treasure. Neither is very attractive. Yet there is ONE thing we can do that will slash the FUNDING available to perpetuate these conflicts: Deregulate our own economy in developing and delivering petrochemical fuels.

One would think that after defeating the Soviets by this very means that such an understanding would be on the tips of their heavily compensated tongues. Don't these idiots get it or is there some other agenda here? /rhetorical question

5 posted on 12/01/2012 1:28:00 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party: advancing indenture since 1787.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Yep,....we may not be far away from this thing going semi-global....
6 posted on 12/01/2012 1:39:36 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There is a piece of folk wisdom that says, “There ain’t a horse that can’t be rode, nor a man that can’t be throwed.”

With all the “interventions” the Feral Government has been involved in, there is one helluva comeuppance waiting in the bushes ahead of us.

Even “foreign aid” has done nothing better than make nations who despise us because we can give them aid.


7 posted on 12/01/2012 1:39:55 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Democrats--the party of Evil. Republicans--the party of Stupid.)
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To: All
FR Thread:

Syria rebels build momentum with tactical successes

8 posted on 12/01/2012 1:43:04 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Carry_Okie; drewh
And we have this thread:

US-Led NATO Intervention Begins In Syria War: Patriots In Turkey

Debkfiles ^ | November 27, 2012, 9:47
Posted on Thu 29 Nov 2012 09:53:33 PST by drewh

9 posted on 12/01/2012 1:48:06 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: RobinOfKingston
With all the “interventions” the Feral Government has been involved in, there is one helluva comeuppance waiting in the bushes ahead of us.

I'm actually as concerned about the inventions as the interventions.

10 posted on 12/01/2012 1:49:13 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party: advancing indenture since 1787.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yeah, I’d seen that. The question is, what are Hayes and Krauthammer doing pushing this crap?


11 posted on 12/01/2012 1:50:43 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party: advancing indenture since 1787.)
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To: SunkenCiv; rodguy911
See updates....I rhink the video is the latest item in time sequence.

You Seem to have special tools to organize all of these spaghetti threads.

Well maybe after the Sunday Morning Talk Shows....but they may not even get to the Syria Topic.

12 posted on 12/01/2012 1:52:02 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Carry_Okie
Related thread:

Is this why CIA chief really resigned? Gun running to jihadists could dwarf 'Fast and Furious'...

13 posted on 12/01/2012 3:05:36 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: RobinOfKingston
With all the “interventions” the Feral Government has been involved in, there is one helluva comeuppance waiting in the bushes ahead of us.

And the destruction of modern day governments is but just part of Obama's problem. At least GWB used thousands of US troops prepared to handle Saddam's Chemical and Biological WMD's.

In Libya, Obama and the Progressos just let the terrorists and looters acquire Ghaddafi's chemical munitions.

In Egypt, Obama and the Progresso's helped to give control of the countries vast Chemical WMD Munitions to the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization.

And now in Syria, they apparently lack the resources to safely secure Assad's vast Chemical and Biological WMD's. Yet, that does not halt or stop them in their tracks.

And on top of all that, Obama and the Progresso's are fixing to devalue the worlds reserve currency (Geitner wants no debt ceiling).

No surprise that we lost an Ambassador with many more to follow. Under Obama and the Progresso's, DC has made itself into the enemy of humanity.

14 posted on 12/01/2012 3:07:02 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: SunkenCiv
Finally found the thread I have been looking for...from Michael Reagan:

Building on a Kernel of Truth

15 posted on 12/01/2012 3:09:21 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: MestaMachine

ping


16 posted on 12/01/2012 3:11:17 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: John Galt's cousin

fyi


17 posted on 12/01/2012 3:12:26 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Perseverando

fyi


18 posted on 12/01/2012 3:23:23 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It will be interesting in due time to get a good idea of just how many man pads ended up flowing through the so called, ahhemm Benghazi "consulate" into the hands of al Qaeda and other groups trying to take out the Assad government.
We should expect to be hearing about a lot of Syrian military aircraft, fixed and rotary dropping from the skies during the next few months.
19 posted on 12/01/2012 5:05:21 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (I'm going John Galt.... But. Honor must be earned.)
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