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		<title>By: nina</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#039;s hope there will be a Kurdish state from Syria through Turkey and Iran. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#039;s hope there will be a Kurdish state from Syria through Turkey and Iran. </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[yup.  I guess the Russkies have enough brains after dealing with Chechnya not to let muslims run amok. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yup.  I guess the Russkies have enough brains after dealing with Chechnya not to let muslims run amok. </p>
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		<title>By: Chezwick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chezwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks Tom. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Tom. </p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to hand it to the Russians, they are playing chess and the Obummer minions are trying to put the checkers on the board. If we were smart, and we aren&#039;t, we would encourage trhe Kurds to declare their own homeland and let the Russians to arm them, let the kurds be a wonderdful pain in the azz to the Turks, Iraqi&#039;s, and persians for once. The Russians one way or another are going to have that warm water port in the med, and they aren&#039;t going to give a rats azz how many savage muslims are killed in the process to make it happen.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have to hand it to the Russians, they are playing chess and the Obummer minions are trying to put the checkers on the board. If we were smart, and we aren&#039;t, we would encourage trhe Kurds to declare their own homeland and let the Russians to arm them, let the kurds be a wonderdful pain in the azz to the Turks, Iraqi&#039;s, and persians for once. The Russians one way or another are going to have that warm water port in the med, and they aren&#039;t going to give a rats azz how many savage muslims are killed in the process to make it happen.  </p>
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		<title>By: Omar</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is no reasonable way to topple Assad&#039;s regime, I would suggest that the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies form a coup d&#039;etat against Assad and his regime in Syria. This coup should be pro-Western, pro-Israel and pro-American. Assad should be replaced by a pro-Western leader who will make peace with Israel and outlaw Islamism, Communism, anti-Americanism, anti-Westernism, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and any organizations sympathetic to Assad and totalitarianism. As for Putin&#039;s regime in Russia, The West and their intelligence agencies should overthrow him and replace him with a pro-Western leader who would support America and the West in every conflict, and who will make anti-Americanism a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The world needs to make anti-Americanism and anti-Westernism felonies. Putin, Assad and their cronies need to be sent to Guantanamo Bay to serve life in prison without parole there. America and its allies (particularly Britain and Israel) are the best countries in the world. Enemies of America, Britain, Israel, their allies and democracy need to serve very long prison sentences in Gitmo. The world needs to accept America&#039;s democratic and free-market systems as the best systems in the world.     ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If there is no reasonable way to topple Assad&#039;s regime, I would suggest that the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies form a coup d&#039;etat against Assad and his regime in Syria. This coup should be pro-Western, pro-Israel and pro-American. Assad should be replaced by a pro-Western leader who will make peace with Israel and outlaw Islamism, Communism, anti-Americanism, anti-Westernism, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and any organizations sympathetic to Assad and totalitarianism. As for Putin&#039;s regime in Russia, The West and their intelligence agencies should overthrow him and replace him with a pro-Western leader who would support America and the West in every conflict, and who will make anti-Americanism a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The world needs to make anti-Americanism and anti-Westernism felonies. Putin, Assad and their cronies need to be sent to Guantanamo Bay to serve life in prison without parole there. America and its allies (particularly Britain and Israel) are the best countries in the world. Enemies of America, Britain, Israel, their allies and democracy need to serve very long prison sentences in Gitmo. The world needs to accept America&#039;s democratic and free-market systems as the best systems in the world.     </p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason Russia is helping Assad is because they want their warm water port in Tyre, it&#039;s not because they love the muslims. Did you happen to notice that the jihadist rebels are not messing with the Russians?  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason Russia is helping Assad is because they want their warm water port in Tyre, it&#039;s not because they love the muslims. Did you happen to notice that the jihadist rebels are not messing with the Russians?  </p>
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		<title>By: Permreader</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Permreader]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why the Al Kaida victory in Syria will be less dangerouse for Israel than Hesbollah? Is Hamas less dangerouse then PA? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why the Al Kaida victory in Syria will be less dangerouse for Israel than Hesbollah? Is Hamas less dangerouse then PA? </p>
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		<title>By: Attila The Hun</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Attila The Hun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only winner for now is Putin. Putin&#039;s objective is not keeping Assad in power, rather maintaining sea base in The Mediterranean. If  Russia has any chance to be relevant against The USA it must have a Mediterranean sea base and Putin knows it..  Syria&#039;s civil war will continue until  Russia secures long term military  base in eastern Mediterranean  for herself.   
As for the biggest looser,  is none other than Turkey.  So far Turkey&#039;s entire  foreign policy has been a disaster. From zero problem with her neighbors to moving away from Israel. And its domestic policy is not doing any better either, specially when it comes dealing with PKK.. Sooner or  latter Syrian civil war will spread into Turkey.  And when it does the entire middle east will change forever. 
 ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only winner for now is Putin. Putin&#039;s objective is not keeping Assad in power, rather maintaining sea base in The Mediterranean. If  Russia has any chance to be relevant against The USA it must have a Mediterranean sea base and Putin knows it..  Syria&#039;s civil war will continue until  Russia secures long term military  base in eastern Mediterranean  for herself.<br />
As for the biggest looser,  is none other than Turkey.  So far Turkey&#039;s entire  foreign policy has been a disaster. From zero problem with her neighbors to moving away from Israel. And its domestic policy is not doing any better either, specially when it comes dealing with PKK.. Sooner or  latter Syrian civil war will spread into Turkey.  And when it does the entire middle east will change forever. </p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[joe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both sides are anti Israel . If Assad had wanted to go after Israel ,he would have long ago. 
 Assad protected religious minorities in Syria to some degree,the sunnis have no intention of doing so..The rebels are not Syrian citizens fighting for freedom , they are a conglomerate of sunni terrorists from across the ME. 
They want to take down Assad but who is waiting in the wings to replace him ? Another Morsi, Gaddafi ,Arafat or pseudo Saudi prince ? 
 
Muslims are the worst enemy of muslims .They murder each other for imagined insults. 
The EU &amp; US have no business being involved  or arming terrorists groups to kill terrorist groups. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both sides are anti Israel . If Assad had wanted to go after Israel ,he would have long ago.<br />
 Assad protected religious minorities in Syria to some degree,the sunnis have no intention of doing so..The rebels are not Syrian citizens fighting for freedom , they are a conglomerate of sunni terrorists from across the ME.<br />
They want to take down Assad but who is waiting in the wings to replace him ? Another Morsi, Gaddafi ,Arafat or pseudo Saudi prince ? </p>
<p>Muslims are the worst enemy of muslims .They murder each other for imagined insults.<br />
The EU &amp; US have no business being involved  or arming terrorists groups to kill terrorist groups. </p>
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		<title>By: thomas_h</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think very much along these lines too. Very thoughtful comment, Chezwick. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think very much along these lines too. Very thoughtful comment, Chezwick. </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s kind of a scary thought that the only thing standing in between Assad and a Syrian Takeover in toto by the Muslim Brotherhood is freaking RUSSIA! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#039;s kind of a scary thought that the only thing standing in between Assad and a Syrian Takeover in toto by the Muslim Brotherhood is freaking RUSSIA! </p>
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		<title>By: pierce</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pierce]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though The Axis of Evil is Iran and North Korea, Syria is a serious third. Mind you, this is only my opinion. There may be others, but I can&#039;t recall any other candidates. 
And while I am at it, thank you AdinaK for some interesting insights into world affairs. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even though The Axis of Evil is Iran and North Korea, Syria is a serious third. Mind you, this is only my opinion. There may be others, but I can&#039;t recall any other candidates.<br />
And while I am at it, thank you AdinaK for some interesting insights into world affairs. </p>
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		<title>By: AdinaK</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AdinaK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While breaking the axis of evil between Syria and Iran is paramount, the fact of the matter is that the issue is hardly as clear cut as it seems. In fact, it is beyond incendiary, and the so called &quot;rebels&quot; are at the tip of the explosion - &lt;a href=&quot;http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/03/10/a-hellfire-unleashed-by-barack-hussein-obama-smack-on-israels-borders-beyond-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/03/10/a-hellfire-un...&lt;/a&gt; 
 
In no way does the above obviate the need to destroy Iran&#039;s death project. However, this has little to do with getting rid of Assad. 
 
Adina Kutnicki, Israel &lt;a href=&quot;http://adinakutnicki.com/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://adinakutnicki.com/about/&lt;/a&gt; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While breaking the axis of evil between Syria and Iran is paramount, the fact of the matter is that the issue is hardly as clear cut as it seems. In fact, it is beyond incendiary, and the so called &quot;rebels&quot; are at the tip of the explosion &#8211; <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/03/10/a-hellfire-unleashed-by-barack-hussein-obama-smack-on-israels-borders-beyond-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/03/10/a-hellfire-un" rel="nofollow">http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/03/10/a-hellfire-un</a>&#8230; </p>
<p>In no way does the above obviate the need to destroy Iran&#039;s death project. However, this has little to do with getting rid of Assad. </p>
<p>Adina Kutnicki, Israel <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/about/" rel="nofollow">http://adinakutnicki.com/about/</a> </p>
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		<title>By: David M</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David M]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no difference between Shia terrorist factions ( Assad, Iran and Hezbollah) and Sunni terrorist factions (Saudi, Qatar, Turkey and Muslim Brotherhood) at all. Syria (like Iran, Hezbollah, Saudi, Qatar, Turkey and Muslim Brotherhood) is an enemy of Israel and the West. We should consider both sides as our enemies and facilitate a long conflict in Syria. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no difference between Shia terrorist factions ( Assad, Iran and Hezbollah) and Sunni terrorist factions (Saudi, Qatar, Turkey and Muslim Brotherhood) at all. Syria (like Iran, Hezbollah, Saudi, Qatar, Turkey and Muslim Brotherhood) is an enemy of Israel and the West. We should consider both sides as our enemies and facilitate a long conflict in Syria. </p>
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		<title>By: Chezwick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chezwick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Israel is the fourth loser in the Syrian conflict.  Jerusalem failed to break the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah (and to a lesser extent Hamas) axis...&quot; 
 
It&#039;s not at all clear that Israel even wanted Assad overthrown. The Israelis made no real attempt to lobby Washington to support the Syrian rebels. One could argue that doing so would have been counter-productive, tainting the Syrian opposition. But that never stopped Israel from voicing support for Saddam&#039;s overthrow.  
 
It probably pertains to the old axiom, &#039;better the devil you know.&#039; For ll the anti-Israel machinations of Assad and his father before him over the years, the Golan front has been quiet for just shy of 40 years. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Israel is the fourth loser in the Syrian conflict.  Jerusalem failed to break the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah (and to a lesser extent Hamas) axis&#8230;&quot; </p>
<p>It&#039;s not at all clear that Israel even wanted Assad overthrown. The Israelis made no real attempt to lobby Washington to support the Syrian rebels. One could argue that doing so would have been counter-productive, tainting the Syrian opposition. But that never stopped Israel from voicing support for Saddam&#039;s overthrow.  </p>
<p>It probably pertains to the old axiom, &#039;better the devil you know.&#039; For ll the anti-Israel machinations of Assad and his father before him over the years, the Golan front has been quiet for just shy of 40 years. </p>
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		<title>By: hassan mourad</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hassan mourad]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[stop the terror .. No fly Emeriates ... down with the kings before the dictaters ... stop giving money and weapons to these thugs ... free Bahrain ... countries cant be told what to do ..  cant wait for the day that the the Saudis get whats coming to them and Hamad bin Jasim. freedom to the people who are ruled by kings where is the democracy in that? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>stop the terror .. No fly Emeriates &#8230; down with the kings before the dictaters &#8230; stop giving money and weapons to these thugs &#8230; free Bahrain &#8230; countries cant be told what to do ..  cant wait for the day that the the Saudis get whats coming to them and Hamad bin Jasim. freedom to the people who are ruled by kings where is the democracy in that? </p>
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