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RollTide1987 
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 2:53 pm to slim thug)
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wait, are you people arguing for the preservation of the Assad regime?
Assad definitely needs to go. But let the Turks or the Syrian rebels handle that. We don't need to get involved in that hell hole.
By the way, would anyone else on here besides me tap his wife?
This post was edited on 10/3 at 2:55 pm
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LSUgusto 
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 2:54 pm to slim thug)
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are you people arguing for the preservation of the Assad regime?
Only in lieu of not knowing what would replace it. Be careful what you ask for.
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slim thug
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 2:55 pm to RollTide1987)
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Assad definitely needs to go. But let the Turks or the Syrian rebels handle that. We don't need to get involved in that hell hole.
that's been my position this entire thread
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RCDfan1950
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 2:55 pm to MFn GIMP)
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I don't think many of us will spin it as a negative. The only negative I see is if he throws Turkey, our ally and one of the only secular states in the region, under the bus.
Aren't the Islamists moving on Turkey; own a lot of the government?
I watched a comprehensive expose re Syria, on FrontLine; and I'll be damned if I can figure out which is the lesser evil over there. Hell, we might look like Syria in a couple of years; all it took to start a war was for the government to put a bunch of juveniles in jail for being juveniles; and threaten to use them as examples for what happens when the folk dis the government.
For now...whatever undermines the power of Iran, will work.
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slim thug
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 2:56 pm to RCDfan1950)
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Hell, we might look like Syria in a couple of years
this is why we can't have nice things.
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WeeWee
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 2:59 pm to RollTide1987)
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By the way, would anyone else on here besides me tap his wife?
Sober me needs to see more. Drunk me would have unprotected sex all night long
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kingbob
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:00 pm to safetyman)
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CptBengal 
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:03 pm to kingbob)
PROXY WAR!
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Radiojones
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:04 pm to slim thug)
Will Iran let that happen without getting involved?
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RCDfan1950
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:04 pm to slim thug)
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this is why we can't have nice things.
 Over my head, buddy.
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slim thug
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:07 pm to Radiojones)
good question.
iran definitely wants to see assad stay in power. but turkey looks legit in doing this since syria lobbed mortars over the border.
if iran intervenes, it also gives legitimacy to the US getting involved
i dont think iran intervenes overtly. they'll ramp up support and covert weapon sales and such, but i dont think they deploy troops
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trackfan
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:09 pm to RollTide1987)
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By the way, would anyone else on here besides me tap his wife?
She's nice but she's no Queen Rania.
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WeeWee
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:10 pm to trackfan)
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She's nice but she's no Queen Rania.
Pics or GTFO
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Aubie Spr96 
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:12 pm to RollTide1987)
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Obama has convened a meeting with Valerie Jarrett to decide who to apologize to.
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Catman88
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:14 pm to slim thug)
The only negative for Obama would be if we sit by and watch as other countries get involved instead of letting the two go at it. There needs to be some leadership to just let the two kids fight it out without it becoming kindling for something bigger.
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Radiojones
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:14 pm to slim thug)
Any idea how strong Turkey's military is compared to Syria & Iran.
Isn't Turkey in NATO and then can invoke Article 5?
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trackfan
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:16 pm to slim thug)
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good question.
iran definitely wants to see assad stay in power. but turkey looks legit in doing this since syria lobbed mortars over the border.
if iran intervenes, it also gives legitimacy to the US getting involved
i dont think iran intervenes overtly. they'll ramp up support and covert weapon sales and such, but i dont think they deploy troops
If the Iranians were shrewd, they would have thrown Assad under the bus over a year ago and starting championing the cause of rebels the same way Obama did Mubarak. The changes taking place in the Mideast are inevitable, and those who don't ride the tide of history will be swept up by it.
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CptBengal
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:17 pm to Radiojones)
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Isn't Turkey in NATO and then can invoke Article 5?
yep.
get ready....
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WeeWee
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:17 pm to Radiojones)
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Any idea how strong Turkey's military is compared to Syria & Iran. Isn't Turkey in NATO and then can invoke Article 5?
Fox news said Turkey has called a meeting of NATO. I have a feeling shite is bout to go down. Turkey has been getting sick of taking care of the refugees
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WaveHog 
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| re: Breaking: Turkey and Syria exchange missile fire (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:18 pm to RCDfan1950)
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Aren't the Islamists moving on Turkey; own a lot of the government?
Turkey is the only country in the world with a majority Muslim population but a secular government (which must remain secular by Constitution). Last I read about it, a large, large majority of the country wants to keep it secular. But, as you semi-mention, there are muslim political groups in Turkey, including the ruling AKP party. It's been getting a bit authoritarian recently and may be a threat to secular freedom.
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