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(85,975 posts)
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 08:14 AM Sep 2013

Excuses for War Against Their Imaginary Enemy

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Syria's Assad criticises U.S. threat of strikes . . . http://reut.rs/1aYzXhu

(Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad criticised the United States for threatening to attack Syria over its chemical weapons program, saying it was finding "excuses for war", China's state television said on Monday . . .

"If the U.S. wants to find excuses for war, it will find them as it has never stopped war," Assad said in an interview with China's state television, CCTV, in the Syrian capital.


Assad said China and Russia would ensure there could be no pretext for military action against Syria, and CCTV's website quoted him as saying Syria would honor "everything that we have agreed to do".

"And more importantly, I want to say, by submitting the draft to the U.N. Security Council, or by urging the U.S. and Russia to agree on a deal, the U.S., France, and Britain are just trying to make themselves winners in a war against a Syria which is their imaginary enemy."


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Excuses for War Against Their Imaginary Enemy (Original Post) bigtree Sep 2013 OP
How many real enemies does the Unite States have? RC Sep 2013 #1
The sad thing is, ronnie624 Sep 2013 #2
And we were doing just that at one time. RC Sep 2013 #3
. bigtree Sep 2013 #4
 

RC

(25,592 posts)
1. How many real enemies does the Unite States have?
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 11:26 AM
Sep 2013

You know, just counting those we have not antagonized first.

ronnie624

(5,764 posts)
2. The sad thing is,
Reply to RC (Reply #1)
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 11:47 AM
Sep 2013

the aggression and dominance are so unnecessary. Global polling shows a general admiration for American culture. We could win them over with music and video games.

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
3. And we were doing just that at one time.
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 12:19 PM
Sep 2013

But war was more profitable, so... Here we are. Wanting to bomb Syria to kill people to save them from being gassed.

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