Actually it's a agreed upon consensus by most that Saudi Arabia is the worst in the region - since it's not in the media I guess it's difficult for you to realize that. The fact that you think Assad has killed hundreds of thousands of people discredits any opinion of yours on the subject matter.
Attack on Syria is it justified ?
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An interesting opinion about Putin's stance.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-...hance-to-say-i-told-you-so/article5094118.ece
It's a win-win for him.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-...hance-to-say-i-told-you-so/article5094118.ece
It's a win-win for him.
How many people do you think Al Assad had killed in the last year? How many have the Saudis killed? Feel free to round off to the nearest ten thousand.
No one is disputing that Saud is a dictatorship. Just your claim that it is the worst seems painfully shrill in a world where Syria has deployed the heaviest weapons at its disposal against its own civilians.
So far, Saud has not sniped people in the streets, nor tied children to the front of tanks, not fired scud missiles at towns, not used its airforce to bomb its own hospitals, not mortared it's own neighborhoods, etc.
Shit, I actually agree with dan.
Of course it is worth remembering that this whole thing kicked off with Assad violently suppressing peaceful protest.
Considering Saudi is the driving force behind the Islamist rebels in Syria...
I would believe though that any large protest movement in Saudi would meet the same fate as that in Syria.
It is of course not as simple as all that. But bottom line your friend is correct.
In my view, the argument is compelling; although clearly, other members here have a diffirent perspective on this issue. Sincerely, Jon .
Now how will others retaliate if the US attacks? There is always going to be retaliation. An unpredictable mess. Missile launch kills a few hundred then it comes back to us a few weeks, months or years later many times over.
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-after-us-bombings-2013-9
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-after-us-bombings-2013-9
A protest that began because he had a child tortured to death.
The remind is overwhelmingly responsible for the civilian casualties. It is the only dude that has bombed hospitals, shelled neighborhoods with heavy artillery, used tanks and machine guns against civilians neighborhoods, fired scud missiles at towns and cities.
The regimes attacks on the healthcare system have been particularly gruesome, resulting in many many preventable deaths.
I am sure that the rebels include some terrorist elements that have committed war crimes. However, not on the scale the regime has.
Make love, not war. Let's all go to the beach (except it is cold and raining in Toronto to-day).How could you Rockslinger
"Flush the bombers, button up the mountain"
Guys, no more talk of war until and unless we get a crystal clear bulletproof opinion from our $1,200 an hour lawyers and a ruling from all 9 Supreme Court justices that attacking Syria is NOT a war crime and/or illegal. Saving a few Syrian civilians does not justify committing a war crime and/or an illegal act.
An excellent reason for not attacking Syria. The Viking and his commie friend will have nothing to talk about. No war! Let' make love, not war.
I just saw the video clips shown to Congress today of the men, women and children who were victims of the chemical attack.....it turned my stomach to see these human beings frothing at the mouth, undergoing involuntary musculature twitches and convulsions. There is no question that sarin used in the attack. Whoever did it should be brought to justice and punished. The question I still have in my mind is who was responsible for this? I still haven't seen any evidence clearly showing that it was Assad's army or the rebels. Has anyone got any more concrete info. on this?
