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03-06-2012 , 03:48 PM

#651

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^and France/UK are not leading. Also to close to the elections for Obama to do anything that could increase gas prices.

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03-06-2012 , 03:54 PM

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and the potential of a proxy war with Iran

03-06-2012 , 03:54 PM

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This is what happens in Libya

03-06-2012 , 03:57 PM

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Thank god BS is in the thread to tell us about what's really important.

03-06-2012 , 04:03 PM

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This is what happens in Libya

what's the point of posting this? some guys knock over tombstones. ok. so what?

a few bad apples. happens all over the world. thugs gonna thug.

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03-06-2012 , 04:09 PM

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It's not really important, though the guys knocking over the stones are saying some pretty intolerant things about other religions and people. They are the more militant Islamic can't tolerate anyone else but us type of jerks. It could be said that the NATO intervention is helping those types gain more power in Libya, but that's about it.

03-06-2012 , 05:57 PM

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what's the point of posting this? some guys knock over tombstones. ok. so what?

a few bad apples. happens all over the world. thugs gonna thug.

Did not happen when Gaddaffi was in power.

03-06-2012 , 06:05 PM

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Disturbing graves or mass graves, you decide.

A mass grave reportedly containing more than 1,200 bodies has been found in Tripoli as intense fighting continues in Colonel Gaddafi's home town of Sirte.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16076810

03-06-2012 , 06:07 PM

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Did not happen when Gaddaffi was in power.

Do you have some sort of point to make re: Syria, or are you just hellbent on tarding up another thread?

03-06-2012 , 06:10 PM

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Do you have some sort of point to make re: Syria, or are you just hellbent on tarding up another thread?

We will see the same in Syria, if the Rebels succeed.

03-06-2012 , 06:19 PM

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We will see the same in Syria, if the Rebels succeed.

So are you a supporter of the Iranian and Russian backed Assad regime, or do you have a third path to increasing stability in the region?

Are you aware that Assad bombed his own citizens because they were protesting peacefully?

03-06-2012 , 06:28 PM

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Where you there? I very much doubt all of this.

Not every uprising deserves "our" (the Wests) respect. That Iran is backing anything is laughable - and your American upbringing ("oh the bad Sowjets") seems to have caused a deeply rooted Anti-Russian sentiment.

From what I know and where I am standing - yes I am supporting Assad.

03-06-2012 , 06:50 PM

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Then share your info and insight. Contribute to the discussion instead of linking to pointless anti-Muslim youtubez.

03-06-2012 , 07:16 PM

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Then share your info and insight. Contribute to the discussion instead of linking to pointless anti-Muslim youtubez.

How is it Anti Muslim?

If anything it is anti Jewish and Christian.

03-06-2012 , 07:26 PM

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How is it Anti Muslim?

If anything it is anti Jewish and Christian.

How is Muslim's desecrating Christian/Jewish graves not anti Muslim?

03-06-2012 , 07:29 PM

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How is Muslim's desecrating Christian/Jewish graves not anti Muslim?

How is it?

I really do not understand your point

03-06-2012 , 07:33 PM

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How is it?

I really do not understand your point

You are a unique cat.

03-06-2012 , 07:38 PM

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You are a unique cat.

Thanks.

If anything it was supposed to show that after a violent overthrow, the most violent people tend to rule in the streets, because there is no rule of the law.

03-06-2012 , 07:40 PM

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Yeah, we definitely shouldn't stop mass murderers. The people left un-murdered might be grave defilers!

03-06-2012 , 07:43 PM

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Yeah, we definitely shouldn't stop mass murderers. The people left un-murdered might be grave defilers!

Gandhi had a way - but I am sure using bazookas and AKs is better. Who is we?

Did you support US involvement?

03-06-2012 , 07:54 PM

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It's complicated. I haven't formed a solid opinion on the subject. However, it can't be completely solved by whether or not there might be some bad dudes left un-murdered.

03-06-2012 , 08:14 PM

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It's complicated. I haven't formed a solid opinion on the subject. However, it can't be completely solved by whether or not there might be some bad dudes left un-murdered.

No idea if you are making a point or trying to insert words in my mouth?

03-06-2012 , 09:00 PM

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How is Muslim's desecrating Christian/Jewish graves not anti Muslim?

Talking about Bosnia isn't ant Christian

03-07-2012 , 05:15 AM

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lol @ "were you there?" question. None of us were there, including you but that excluded neither of us to try and form an opinion of what is happening in Syria.

I'd like to get a view on why Assad deserves support, because just throwing around some claims that not everything that is reported is true is not cutting it, as truth is always the first casualty of war (on either side).

03-07-2012 , 05:39 AM

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No idea if you are making a point or trying to insert words in my mouth?

Feel free to make a more nuanced post, but you started this conversation by railing against the grave defilers who were left un-murdered by Gaddafi in no small part because of the western interference in Libya. I mean, it can be reasonable to be both opposed to grave defilers and opposed to Gaddafi's brutal campaign against the rebels in Libya, and weighting the latter more heavily doesn't imply support for the former.

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