US has 10,000 fighting men,17 warships,70 fighter-bombers,10 destroyers/frigates off Syria

Kojirou · Dec 12, 2012

Now, in actually relevant news, Obama has decided to recognize the Syrian Opposition Council as the sole legitimate representative of its country's people.

And you had such a good run on foreign policy, Obama.

Mathloom · Dec 12, 2012

Kojirou said: ↑

Now, in actually relevant news, Obama has decided to recognize the Syrian Opposition Council as the sole legitimate representative of its country's people.

And you had such a good run on foreign policy, Obama.
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Great job! Here is an interesting tidbit from wiki about the head of the SNC:

Al-Khatib is supporter of Qatar-based Egyptian televangelist cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi. He placed al-Qaradawi on equal footing with Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation marked beginning of the Arab Spring. He referred to al-Qaradawi as "our great Imam". Qaradawi himself is forbidden entry to France and the United Kingdom for his support of suicide bombings, even calling such acts against Israeli civilians as "evidence of God's justice." Khatib's website called Jews "gold worshippers" and "the enemies of god," whilst himself praising Saddam Hussein for "terrifying the Jews." Khatib has also referred to Shia Muslims as "rejectionists" and stated that they "establish lies and follow them."
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Who is Qaradawi you ask? Well, you may recall him from this eventful quote:

All of the Americans in Iraq are combatants, there is no difference between civilians and soldiers, and one should fight them, since the American civilians came to Iraq in order to serve the occupation. The abduction and killing of Americans in Iraq is a [religious] obligation so as to cause them to leave Iraq immediately. The mutilation of corpses [however] is forbidden in Islam.
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Also has extremely extremely close ties to the Brotherhood, although I won't go as far as to say he is a member as most Middle Easterners seem to believe.

Mind you, Robert S Ford basically decided that the coalition should give 22 of 63 seats to the Syrian National Council. Nice touch.

But let's just whitewash everything and stick to what the media tells us is the "relevant news".

WNBA · Dec 12, 2012

not too shabby compared with Bin Ladin and Saddam, both won USA's recognition sometime.

da_juice · Dec 12, 2012

Kojirou said: ↑

Now, in actually relevant news, Obama has decided to recognize the Syrian Opposition Council as the sole legitimate representative of its country's people.

And you had such a good run on foreign policy, Obama.
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He probably did it because most of our allies did it. After the PR disaster in Iraq, it seems that the US is reluctant to be on a different page than our allies.

Didn't we also recognize the opposition in Egypt?

Mathloom · Dec 15, 2012

The United States will deploy two Patriot missile batteries to Turkey along with 400 troops to help defend its ally against potential threats from neighbouring Syria, US officials said Friday.

The move was part of a wider NATO effort to bolster Turkey's air defences amid growing tension on the Turkish-Syrian border, with Ankara siding with opposition forces battling President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued the order before landing at the Incirlik airbase in Turkey after a visit to Afghanistan, his spokesman said.

http://www.france24.com/en/20121214-usa-send-turkey-400-troops-patriot-missiles-assad-syria-defence

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