tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post4885112736393664537..comments2024-03-26T21:04:41.824-04:00Comments on The Shekel - Coins, Law, and Commentary: "With our blood, with our souls, we will sacrifice for you, Bashar"Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-12082053565050315242011-06-23T12:42:34.775-04:002011-06-23T12:42:34.775-04:00It's the Europeans want Quadafi to go. They d...It's the Europeans want Quadafi to go. They don't want thousands of refugees crashing on their shores. <br /><br />That problem does not exist in the case Syria.Toadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-11314041321081644452011-06-23T12:05:46.817-04:002011-06-23T12:05:46.817-04:00From a foreign policy standpoint I completely agre...From a foreign policy standpoint I completely agree with you. It is inconsistent in the extreme how O is handling this. Not that I would expect any competence from him anyway. There was no compelling national interest for us to intervene in Libya, and the same is true for Syria. Unless one considers the rise of Radical Islam a compelling national interest. (Not saying one way or the other, Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675170508193377512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-65426247028801375992011-06-22T17:21:21.199-04:002011-06-22T17:21:21.199-04:00Yes, just because Assad might be deposed doesn'...Yes, just because Assad might be deposed doesn't mean his replacement will bring in western-style democrarcy.<br /><br />But, we certainly can't continue claiming Gaddafi has to go because he kills his own people and then keep Assad in place as he kills his people and acts far more harmfully against American interests and actively colludes with our enemies in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-84483586082265704122011-06-22T15:50:28.372-04:002011-06-22T15:50:28.372-04:00I read an article yesterday (though I can't fi...I read an article yesterday (though I can't find it now) that talked about Syrian Christians supporting Assad, as bad as he is, because the "Arab Spring" kind of stuff invariably brings the radical Islamists to power. Assad has apparently protected the Christians in Syria, something that the Islamists likely (certainly) would not do.<br /><br />A difficult choice, to be sure.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675170508193377512noreply@blogger.com