Thread: Syria

Originally Posted by Eric C.

What I would add to this is, there are people who don't want to live in rogue states themselves, but for some reason think those who already do should continue, and shouldn't be helped to turn their lives to the better. Neither of the Syrian regime supporters here would willingly move there and live under such a system.

Please tell me what's the problem with Syria so that you call it "rogue". I currently see only one argument why Syria is bad, that is because it supported Hesballah. Otherwise it is a quite typical state.
In 2008 Assad wanted to sign a peace treaty with Israel and open embassies, but the USA did not allow for that.

Originally Posted by Anixx

Please tell me what's the problem with Syria so that you call it "rogue". I currently see only one argument why Syria is bad, that is because it supported Hesballah. Otherwise it is a quite typical state.
In 2008 Assad wanted to sign a peace treaty with Israel and open embassies, but the USA did not allow for that.

Well, my guess is, killings of thousands of people by one man to keep the power he inherited from his dad make it a bit less "typical". What's yours?

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Well, my guess is, killings of thousands of people by one man to keep the power he inherited from his dad make it a bit less "typical". What's yours?

Any state kills rebels. What's so special?

Originally Posted by Anixx

Any state kills rebels. What's so special?

How many "Wall Street occupiers" were killed during the riots last year?

Originally Posted by Eric C.

How many "Wall Street occupiers" were killed during the riots last year?

Wall Street Occupiers were not rebels if you want to know. That was a peaceful demonstration. If they organized armed riots there would be hundreds of killed.

Originally Posted by Anixx

Wall Street Occupiers were not rebels if you want to know. That was a peaceful demonstration. If they organized armed riots there would be hundreds of killed.

Before the whole thing started in Syria, there were peaceful demonstrations there as well. They had dozens of people dead after each one. I think that was one of the reasons they finally created armed resistance to the bloody authorities in the first place.