Choose the best among all bad :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by NuritG (United States), Dec 21, 2013 at 12:57

Assad is a beastly murderer; the Islamist insurgents are as bad. One is bad and one is worse.

The difference is that the alliance of Assad + Hezbollah + Iran is a strategic threat to the state of Israel. Al-Qaeda is, maximum a tactical threat and a terrorist organization cannot bring down a country.

So if we have to choose between Assad and Al-Qaeda I prefer Al-Qaeda.

There are no righteous among them here. We have to seek and choose the one who is less dangerous.

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
	a quasi Saudi approach [224 words]	myth	Jan 30, 2014 05:25	212885
	So the idea is destroy Syria to benefit Israel? [14 words]	Petros Houhoulis	Jan 23, 2014 03:07	212762
	What is the future that the West (NATO and Israel) wish for Syria? [495 words]	Alexandros	Jan 22, 2014 13:53	212757
	Sorry, Dr. Pipes, but I must disagree [128 words]	Kepha Hor	Jan 9, 2014 19:20	212535
1	Evil will Never triumph -Putin's Way is the Only Way [106 words]	Michael Hanni Morcos	Jan 4, 2014 23:34	212476
1	Die Endgültige Lösung [99 words]	Ugri	Jan 8, 2014 02:46	212476
1	2014 Carrys 2013's Baggage of Failures - Syria with Iran in the Background [408 words]	M. Tovey	Jan 9, 2014 13:56	212476
6	Support islamists today and they will kill you tomorrow [139 words]	Anti-muslim brotherhood Egyptian	Dec 24, 2013 08:37	212289
2	Wrong [126 words]	alfred	Dec 24, 2013 05:15	212287
1	Choose the best among all bad [86 words]	NuritG	Dec 21, 2013 12:57	212258
1	and then what? [48 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	michael rosenbaum	Dec 20, 2013 18:47	212247
	Advantages of supporting a rebel victory [189 words]	Dan Simon	Jan 3, 2014 14:24	212247
	Love it! [5 words]	Valin	Dec 20, 2013 18:33	212245
	Alternatives to the rebels [41 words]	David W. Lincoln	Dec 20, 2013 13:06	212242
11	Wafa' Sultan and Syria [260 words]	dhimmi no more	Dec 20, 2013 07:45	212240
1	Look out ! You may one day regret your support for jihadists . [93 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Ianus	Dec 19, 2013 18:40	212231
5	Islamists in Syria are savages and criminals [142 words]	dhimmi no more	Dec 21, 2013 16:01	212231
2	" What is more important in world history? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire?" [135 words]	Ianus	Dec 22, 2013 10:48	212231
2	anger is the primer and respect of life is the only solution for peace [108 words]	Michael Hanni Morcos	Dec 19, 2013 17:50	212229
	Not so fast on supporting the Islamic Front [143 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Ed from Cleveland Heights	Dec 19, 2013 17:34	212228
5	Can NOT support any help for rebels ... [87 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	kman	Dec 19, 2013 16:27	212226
3	An enemy of an enemy is not a friend [146 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Doug Mayfield	Dec 19, 2013 13:57	212224
2	It does not matter [23 words]	Robin Rosenblatt	Dec 19, 2013 10:41	212220
1	Hold your nose; least bad of poor choices [90 words]	Yosef	Dec 19, 2013 09:50	212218
	The Losing Side of History [109 words]	Khachkarian	Dec 19, 2013 09:02	212217
	Practical benefits of continued Civil War. [153 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	samuel amaral	Dec 19, 2013 08:57	212216
	Yes, Support the Syrian Rebels - To What End? [81 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Bill Narvey	Dec 19, 2013 08:33	212214
2	Are we needed? [26 words]	Jason	Dec 20, 2013 22:01	212214