This just in: Israel returns fire on Syrian targets from the Golan Heights

[Thorn]

Wait all dictators are bad, what about Monarchies?

[Alexander's Horse]

Israel always likes to get a few jabs in after the bell between US presidential elections and the inauguration.

[DaShi]

I'm very anti-dictatorship. I hate dictators. But I hate some dictators more than others. And I recognize that allowing elections in certain countries will result in exactly one election and a new, worse dictator.

You have no such ability.

[Thorn]

Will Isreal thread DIE ALREADY!

[regexcellent]

Nobody is forcing you to read it.

Israel

Hamas

[Thorn]

Satan himself i guess.

[DaShi]

Thoughtless opinions.

[Docfeelgood]

Israel always likes to get a few jabs in after the bell between US presidential elections and the inauguration.

[Uncle Sparky]

This is exactly what al-Assad has waited for. He's been trying to draw Israel into a war by attacks in the Golan. When it becomes a choice between getting rid of al-Assad or fighting Israel, guess who will be attacked?

[Zevico]

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=291954

3 Israelis dead. Palestinians claim/report 13 dead of their own.

[SlowwHand]

I'd like to hear from Siro.

[Nikolai]

Does he still post here?

[Az]

I'd like to hear from Siro.

Nobody cares about me :/

[Nikolai]

I thought about you, but I thought you were gone from this site too.

[Lancer]

The west is going to going to look pretty foolish if with these so-called freedom fighters attack Israel. Sometimes the devil you know is better.

Iirc this is Putin's position as well. Better his friend Assad than a bunch of extremists with bombs strapped on heading out into the world, and Russia has a weak underbelly. So, being a leader with theoretically the interests of Russia at heart he would rather Assad as is than the Ayatollah Whomever issuing fatwas against nations that don't buy into that sort of thing anymore, including Russia. Anyway that's what Putin argues, perhaps he just wants Russia's client state to stay in business. Thing is, does he have a point?

The US took out Saddam and the Republican Guard in the interest of freedom, self determination and democracy. Question is, are these the interests of the Iraqis? Some of them certainly, yet the US incurred steady casualties for its pains. Now the possibility exists that Iraq will be transformed by Iran into an extremist state. An extremist state will be a place full of terrorists heading out to attack the US and its allies. This Saddam didn't do, GWB's wet dreams aside. So, was the US better off with Saddam keeping the extremists under his nasty thumbs?

Haven't been keeping up, what's happening in Libya? Democracy full of people finally breathing free or bunch of zealots strapping on bombs?

Now we're looking at a regime change in Syria. Who mentioned democracy? Did you guys just assume? Or if the West helps are we setting free a bunch of murderers who, for our sake next time we get on a plane or in their sites, are better off in the prison of which Assad is the warden?

I don't know. I am however wondering who used the word "democracy" in describing what will come after him, and why.