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core of the question
Reader comment on item: Support Assad
Submitted by myth (Germany), Apr 12, 2013 at 12:57
All arguments I hear avoid the core of the question. Is the the West willing fight an islamist regime to the end for the only reason that it is islamist?
If and when the West is determined, I see another course of action. Deal with Assad and the Islamists in sequence. Wait until the Islamists finish Assad. Then go in and finish the Islamists. Syria today, Iran tomorrow, and on. The exit strategy? Let me call it victory for a change.
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| bad christian? [16 words] | Shishir | May 21, 2013 02:10 | 206201 | ||
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| 2 | Greater Syrian Solution [86 words] | Gary Goldman | Apr 28, 2013 19:01 | 205713 | |
| 1 |  Sounds good But..... [35 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Apr 29, 2013 22:54 | 205713 | |
| Actually, Not Even Close to Good; A Different Plan on the Way [355 words] | M. Tovey | May 1, 2013 11:38 | 205713 | ||
| 9 | Until Divine intervention -- We must act- [69 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | May 2, 2013 19:49 | 205713 | |
| 13 | Obama's Promises on Chemical weapons-What If Mr. President- [145 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Apr 27, 2013 19:14 | 205685 | |
| First clever comment ive read since the conflict started. [96 words] | Anton Levanter | Apr 26, 2013 01:02 | 205627 | ||
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| 3 | The bombings in Boston [145 words] | Lujack Skylark | Apr 15, 2013 18:16 | 205204 | |
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| 1 | quite right daniel [29 words] | jacob sassoon | Apr 13, 2013 18:23 | 205143 | |
| 1 | More optimistic [81 words] | David W. Lincoln | Apr 13, 2013 17:25 | 205142 | |
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| 1 | Another problem with Islamism [139 words] | Prashant | Apr 13, 2013 22:15 | 205137 | |
| 1 | Good points [199 words] | Will Embers | Apr 14, 2013 23:31 | 205137 | |
| 1 | Communism is a religion too! [78 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 15, 2013 06:51 | 205137 | |
| 1 | Another definition of religion [109 words] | Prashant | Apr 16, 2013 22:08 | 205137 | |
| 1 | Communism cannot be a religion [159 words] | Will Embers | Apr 17, 2013 23:53 | 205137 | |
| Communism is a religion too! Part two [55 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 18, 2013 07:10 | 205137 | ||
| 3 | Communism is a religion too! Part three [623 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 20, 2013 07:19 | 205137 | |
| 1 | Liar liar...pants on fire! [328 words] | Ali Baba | Apr 23, 2013 02:25 | 205137 | |
| 6 | Islam and communism and the follower of al-Ahmadiyya our dear Ali Baba [773 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 25, 2013 07:17 | 205137 | |
| 2 | Communism Islam and the bordello verse! [188 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 25, 2013 17:48 | 205137 | |
| 3 | The Boston atrocity and Islam [206 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 25, 2013 18:18 | 205137 | |
| 1 | Ali Baba aka Sherlock Holmes [99 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 26, 2013 09:32 | 205137 | |
| 20 | A Leopard Never Changes its Spots [73 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Apr 29, 2013 23:37 | 205137 | |
| Maybe [39 words] | Ali Baba | May 1, 2013 21:07 | 205137 | ||
| 2 | Rock and a Hard Hard Place... [59 words] | sara | Apr 12, 2013 21:05 | 205133 | |
| 2 | There will be years or decades of Shia-Sunni sectarian war regardless, Assad & IRI revived sectarianism [180 words] | cyrus | Apr 12, 2013 18:11 | 205131 | |
| Question [195 words] | Alex | Apr 12, 2013 18:08 | 205130 | ||
| now look where we are [106 words] | Christopher Game | Apr 12, 2013 18:00 | 205128 | ||
| 3 | To be and not to be---It has to be Sharia-Free- [48 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Apr 12, 2013 16:36 | 205126 | |
| 1 | WHY DOES THE U.S HAVE TO TAKE SIDES? [176 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Apr 12, 2013 16:06 | 205125 | |
| the horse has left the proverbial barn [124 words] | M.Orbuch | Apr 12, 2013 15:30 | 205124 | ||
| 2 | Stay Out [350 words] | Jonathan | Apr 12, 2013 15:10 | 205122 | |
| 1 | Support Assad policy [134 words] | Nazim Cairo | Apr 12, 2013 14:19 | 205121 | |
| 1 | Yes maybe [147 words] | Lars Nielsen | Apr 12, 2013 14:16 | 205120 | |
| Bashar el Assad & Syria [140 words] | SAM | Apr 12, 2013 13:23 | 205119 | ||
| If it's naive to think remote assistance witll work for Obama's administration... [37 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Abu Nudnik | Apr 12, 2013 13:14 | 205118 | ||
 core of the question [81 words] | myth | Apr 12, 2013 12:57 | 205117 | ||
| counting eggs [52 words] | myth | Apr 12, 2013 12:50 | 205116 | ||
| 1 | Support Assad [219 words] | Judith | Apr 12, 2013 12:47 | 205115 | |
| Offer some kind of guarantees to Assad's desperate Alawite, Christian and secular supporters in Syria [233 words] | Demsci | Apr 14, 2013 04:37 | 205115 | ||
| Stalin and Saddam, another view [128 words] | myth | Apr 12, 2013 12:45 | 205114 | ||
| 1 | Is it too late? [140 words] | Steven L | Apr 12, 2013 11:55 | 205113 | |
| 2 | Gets simpler than that. [16 words] | JAG | Apr 12, 2013 11:28 | 205111 | |
| Helping Assad [61 words] | Ron SS | Apr 12, 2013 10:49 | 205110 | ||
| what about iran axis [58 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | ariel | Apr 12, 2013 08:42 | 205108 | ||
| 1 | From a prophetic outlook your words will ring true in Judeo/Christian observations [471 words] | Lujack Skylark | Apr 14, 2013 16:06 | 205108 | |
| Strongly disagree [108 words] | BernardZ | Apr 11, 2013 21:27 | 205104 | ||
| Interesting proposal but ... [125 words] | Jason Pappas | Apr 14, 2013 08:28 | 205104 | ||
| 2 | Support Assad [51 words] | Liz | Apr 11, 2013 19:25 | 205098 | |
| 2 | Hmm [40 words] | Bruce Birnberg | Apr 11, 2013 17:56 | 205096 | |
| 6 | Totally agree with Dr. DP [93 words] | BA | Apr 11, 2013 17:51 | 205095 |
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