Feel free to send your kid over there then. Better yet, go there yourself. Go ahead. Go give Assad a piece of your mind and straighten everything out over there. I'M NOT sacrificing my son, or anyone elses; NOR any young woman's husband, to fight for a bunch of ungrateful fifth century goons who hate us and would NOT utilize democracy any more than a catfish would utilize a bicycle. They'll only elect an even BIGGER a*hole in Assad's place once he's gone.

The American public has wised up. We're sick and tired of these pathetic quick sand quagmires. Deal with it.

The Syrian people certainly deserve a chance at self determination & democracy ..... and are going about it the way that is historical in precedent to all freedom loving Americans .... BUT we cannot even currently gain the liberties that were obtained through our own revolution over two hundred years ago, much less support the revolt of people around the world.

How do we determine what is the will of the majority of the Syrian people? We have had our right to even discuss this openly removed by the so called" Patriot Act" (Perhaps the most repressive legislation in American history) ... now only our government can determine what ideas and philosophies is "right" .. to support the revolutionaries in Syria, could be deemed the support of terrorist by current standards in the US ... which are at the very least, arbitrary & capricious, in nature.

My heart is with the Syrian people, who are suffering greatly, under what I believe to be a horrendous government ... who will not stop until he has battered them into submission or is overthrown by the masses.

During uprisings in muslim countries, Obama uses force in Libya and refuses to use force in Syria. 200 were killed in Libya and several thousand in Syria, yet no action. He rids Mubarak from Egypt and yet with massive uprisings in Iran, he abstains. What principle of selectivity is he using? Dreams from his father?

JacqueTTU

How long are we going to watch these people die? Saying that they are "kind-of abiding by the truce agreement" is unacceptable and weak! Do we only help when it's not an election year? Only in countries with significant oil reserves? This is horrible. It is well agreed upon that the regime is largely to blame and committing crimes against humanity. Should we rush in carelessly? No. How about you stop going to the UN and come ask Americans first. I understand most people want us out of foreign affairs, but there's a point where it's too much. This has done nothing but escalated over 13 months. Most people in America don't even know a thing about this because it's not front page news. This is starting to slowly cross borders and let's face it- it's a matter of time before it effects our oil interests. It's a shame that I even have to say that, but it is unfortunately true. It's one thing when you are killing a person who is shooting at you... but women, children, elderly....by the thousands? Unacceptable. Shaking our finger at them saying "no no no Assad....play nice!" is embarrassing when more people are dying.

Do you really suggest that we send troops into another country? We assisted in the demise of Kadaffi and we don't buy Libyan oil. We get no oil from Afghanistan or Iraq. Policing the policies of the world has drained the treasury. It's time that Middle Eastern countries step up and take on some of the regions problems.

Cease fire didn't hold! Anyone really surprised? Anyone....anyone?

Keep your nose and the rest of us out of it...let them kill each other like they have been doing for 4000 years, in 50 years no one will remember who or what it was all about....

Jacque,

Do you drive a Masserati? No? Neither do I. The reason is because, even if I could afford it, I have better things to spend my money on. The United States can no longer afford to save the world and provide all the services needed by our own citizens. Which do you choose?

Let the Saudis ,or a group of super oil rich countries closer to Syria(in more ways than one), handle the Syrian question, if it is important to them. US ground forces already overstressed with neverending wars.

@workingpoor

The sound of crickets can be deafoning can't it ?

;)

Jacque:

You really don't get it. You have confused your emotions and desires for reality. Neither side in Syria wants a cease fire. The opposition you are so in love with has it's roots in Al Queda (sp). Have you even thought "what are the Syrian people fighting for?" Is it freedom, democracy, what is it. I bet you say "it's a better life". Is it our responsibility to give the world a "better life", at the risk of further destabilizing our own country.

Why don't the other Arab countries step-up? Why do you think the US has to play "big brother" for the entire world? There are numerous terrible leaders in the world that abuse their people -should we go after them all? What are the Syrians going to do if we arm them all - they'll kill each other until the most ruthless rise to the top.

Jacque, please don't use your emotions to make decisions - your emotions are probably a manifestation of some poor news input station.

Jacque, I understand your concerns and in a theoretical world helping another country in need is the right thing to do. However, the US is broke. This isn't just rhetoric. The debt clock is clicking up debt by the second. We had our own civil war. Yes, it was brutal and very destructive and the south frankly has never recovered on many levels. Even hard feelings persist.

We hear bits and pieces of what is going on in Syria. How many of the civilians would want any interference we do not know. The US ends up looking like the invader because their plan of attack often differs from those in trouble.

How are things going in Libya? We spent over 1 billion and as far as I can see we got nothing for it. Really, we never get a thing for all our help. We just can't continue to be the free rescue team no matter how much we would like to assume that role.

Americans are the benevolent ones that send money to any country during a crisis. Then the US flag is the 1st flag burned in protest.

I have had enough.

I lived over there for 3 years and they do not think like we do. Example, we were instructed by ambassador if we ever had car wreck to drive away if possible because we would be concidered at fault even if the other driver was driving 100 mph and blew a stop sign, why, because we were not born there, so we would not have been in the wreck if we had stayed at home. I wish we could help them but it would be a waste of Our Lives.

I agree with HOTTICKET.

Jacque---------- You want to help, feel free to go there, use your time, your money and your life.

Leave the rest of us alone.

"Syria activists: Assad's forces shell city despite cease-fire"

Well, who would've thought? Assad has been and always will be, a Liar. Assad is making Kofi Annon and Hillary the laughing stalks of the World community. Back-away Hillary, and save what ever 'face' you have.

It's certainly not in diplomatic circles. You can't negotiate with disingenuous characters such as Assad.

It's nice to see there are Americans who see and hear people begging for help and have the talents, skills and experience to just ignore their cries for help. What the hell has happened to people in this country? This is the same bunch who'd have ignored the Holocaust Hitler perpetrated upon 6 million human beings.

Time for you slugs to get a life and stop thinking about your god moolah all the time. It's a sickening commentary on how far American people have come to the border line of uncivilized behavior and acceptance thereof.

Does it always come down to moolah for you guys? Or are those double wide butts so comfy cushy cushy that the very thought of helping someone begging for help is just too exhausting?

There are ways to help the Syrian people. President Obama is on the mark denying Iran financial aid. Even Achmajdinejad admits its hurting them. We don't always have to go marching into a country like Bush did. Ooops...Sorry...not allowed to remind anyone of that little TX turd, are we?

Now the same ignorant Americans who are sooooo worried about spending are the same ignorami who looked the other way and gave the prior administration a free pass to march into Iraq and spend $3.2 trillion. Even when the Iraqis never asked for American assistance as the Syrians are doing. Americans like this feel no shame whatever especially when their narcissism is at ceiling levels.

The real reason todays middle aged American men are armchair mouthpieces is because they are overindulged Daycare Generation brats. Grow the hell up. When people ask for help, get up off those double wide asses and exert yourselves for once in your pathetic lives.

EWENT------ Feel free to get your over sized mouth out from behind your keyboard, go to Syria, use your time, your life and your money to help them.

After you have done that., then you will have room to run your mouth, till then leave us alone.

BobbyW...I always love it when a man can't stand hearing the truth. Feel freel to feed at the table of that grand denial fest.

I'm sure if the men who are spending $100 a pop on their gas guzzlers, their girlfriends and Wifie McGolddigger, their McMansions with the 5 bathrooms and then go out and spend $10 a pop on a pack of ciggies and lush it up on booze, they can afford to stop overindulging themselves and do the right thing. Or has the "right thing" become the daily bread of all righties who no longer own a conscience worth a nickle?

America is broke- we can't afford another war!! Let the rich brats in charge over there in the middle east send their elite Bentley-driving sons to die. OOOPS- that will never happen. Why do you think no one from Saudi Arabia, Israel or anywhere else over there will send troops to fight? Because American soldiers are the only expendable ones. Our youth are just trash to those people.

We cannot keep sending our young boys to die in middle eastern death traps. Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, who's next? Who's son is next to die for the rich brats in charge over there who will NEVER get along??

BobbyW,

Leave poor ewent alone. He/she is already overcome with misery and repugnance over the fact that we live in a country where we have the freedom to choose how we spend our money (taxes aside), and the standard of living that allows us to indulge ourselves. I gather from the post that ewent spends at least 20% of his/her disposable income in humanitarian aid ... twice what I do. I applaud him/her for the concern. I won't hold my breath waiting for him/her to applaud me for stimulating the economy.

@Casual US Taxpayer,

I agree with some (well, a little, well, very little of what you said), but you let your ignorance show, when you put Israel in the mix of those nations. Israel has always had no problem going in and giving a pounding to any country that even thinks of threatening them. Seems someone is either too young or just didn't care to watch the news when Isreal and Syria fought their couple of wars many many years ago.

That said, I do think this is an Arab problem, and Arabs should go in and fix this problem, if they care to. If they don't, we shouldn't care either!

"I'm sure if the men who are spending $100 a pop on their gas guzzlers, their girlfriends and Wifie McGolddigger, their McMansions with the 5 bathrooms and then go out and spend $10 a pop on a pack of ciggies and lush it up on booze, they can afford to stop overindulging themselves and do the right thing. Or has the "right thing" become the daily bread of all righties who no longer own a conscience worth a nickle?"

ewent, sweetie, you're using the wrong argument. For me and most of us who are aware of what's going on in the world, it isn't really about the money it would take to remove this bully (and Lord Knows, I hate a bully and simply love seeing one get what's coming to him). It's not even about the American lives that it would cost, were it for a legitimate and worthy cause. It's about the fact that we have done this several times for these primitive people, and the results are always the same. We rid Iraq of Saddam...we rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and Al Quida...we threw our friend Mubarak under the bus for the Egyptians...we wiped out Gaddafi's war machine for the Libyans. And what did we get? Not even a thank you. I don't expect them to worship the ground we walk on, but I certainly don't expect a grateful people to tell us to get out (just leave money), scream "Death to America!", burn our flag, call us the Great Satan and infidels, and then, to top it off, FREELY ELECT leaders who are WORSE than the ones we sacrificed to help them remove. They HAVE to be incredibly stupid (7th century stupid), or they have a real issue with hating the modern world. How many times do we need to get kicked in the ass before we wise up and realize that it is just not worth the money and the lives of our young men and women to help these people? It's the adults over there who are making these decisions/breeding this hatred. I feel for the children who are suffering, but we are never going to have any say on how these kids are raised. They will simply be indoctrinated with the same hatred towards us that their parents have. We can't win, no matter if we save them or not, they will continue to hate us. Such behavior...well, if I hadn't already seen it, I would argue that it was not possible. I simply can't fathom such total and utter ungratefulness towards someone who has saved my life and given me freedom. And I would certainly not spend money we can't afford, and waste the lives of our sons and daughters, on a culture that would be like that. THAT is the only reason I refuse to agree to help them. I wholeheartedly backed Afghanistan, I totally agreed when it came to Iraq, I had my highest hopes for Egypt, I said "Well, it's the right thing to do!" in Libya, but I've wised up now. Now it's "To hell with them all!". Sorry, ewent, but I've seen the big picture, and it's ugly.

I really hope that most people understand that in America we don't get the whole story. If Assad really didn't want people protesting in the streets, then why just fire on a couple cities rather than all of them? I'm sure it's because people in those areas never stopped fighting either. Oh, I'm not sticking up for Assad, just letting people know how government propaganda works through the media. You did notice we got this information from "The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" They are more than likely telling the truth about the wounded people. I just get the feeling that we're not getting the whole story.

What I find it interesting though, is that someone could easily take this story and plop it in an American city, a Canadian city, or UK city and the evil government(Assad) would turn into a an all knowing Government(American, Canadian, British Gov.) just trying to control crowds.

"On Friday, Syrian forces used live fire, tear gas and clubs to beat back tens of thousands of protesters who took to the streets across the country in often jubilant displays of defiance, The Associated Press said."

Oh gee what does that sound like? Can anyone say Seattle WTO? Or G20 Pittsburgh? Or G20 London or G20 Toronto, or Greece? But instead of live fire the western world uses more high tech weaponry on their citizens like LRAD. For some examples I've posted a bunch of short videos. Most are only 6/7 min long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7gIim2dug&feature=endscreen&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amnSUM8mSxI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtgx28eM1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrJ7aU-n1L8&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SwBU1DOO_Q&feature=player_embedded

If America, England and Canada will treat their citizens this way for voicing an opinion and blocking streets and vandalizing property, what would they do if the people had a more "Arab Spring" type uprising with weapons? Do you think they would just use tear gas? LOL NO! they would call them terrorists, people against the State and send the military against them. They've already done this in Waco, and have arrested militia groups for saying they need to be prepared to protect the Constitution. And what does the media tell us? That these people are bad and a danger to us, but really they're a danger to the State, the status quo, and the fascist globalization by the western world.

I crack up when Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration talk about how evil it is for Syria to fight back against the "rebels" when she and Obama said absolutely nothing during the G20 protests in Pittsburgh. And the American people are even worse. Oh yes those dictators in other countries are so evil, we must go help fight, but if anyone in America says we need to adhere to the Constitution and fight back against unlawful Executive Orders or unlawful Laws passed by Congress like the Patriot Act, Homeland Security Act, Military Commissions Act, etc then they're crazy people who need to be thrown in a dungeon.

The American people and the people of the Western World can't see the forest for the trees. We have "Free Speech Zones" now. It's unlawful to peacefully assemble on public streets(you have to get a permit to protest), We have cameras everywhere watching everything(especially in London). We have a Homeland Security and Fusion Centers(information gathering and sharing centers) now. Obama signed Executive Order 13528 creating the Council of Governors, where there country is split into 10 regions with 10 Governors selected by Obama who will report to him. Oh yeah, it's true.

“President Barack Obama Monday established a panel of state governors to collaborate with Washington on a variety of potential emergencies, the White House said.” (UPI.com, Jan. 11, 2010 at 11:54 p.m.). “Obama signed an executive order establishing a panel to be known as the Council of Governors, which will be made up of 10 state governors, to be selected by the president to serve two-year terms. Members will review matters involving the National Guard; homeland defense; civil support; and synchronization and integration of state and federal military activities in the United States, the White House said in a statement."

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/18890 or go to the white house website

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executive-order-establishing-council-governors

We have people treated like criminals (looked on as guilty and suspicious till they prob, grope, and take naked images of you to then determine if you're innocent. If you resist you're arrested) by the TSA violating the 4th and 5th amendments, just to travel by plane. People put on "Watch Lists" and can be denied their right to travel. (many times names are put on by "mistake". Many people who just speak out against the Bush and Obama admin are put on these lists.)

I could go on and on and on and on.

The UN is good for nothing.

When have they ever in the last decades, made a rational decision to actually halt a slaughter/uprisings in the UAE/N. Africa, or other problems there?.

They can't. Most of them believe in the same thing as Syria. Kill, by the orders of the KORAN.

The Representatives are squatters in New York City, and Congress or some President's Commission should boot them out of here. All they do is cause trouble for the United States.

UAE/N. Africa do not believe in the value of Human Life.

Let Syria (and the rest of that third world disaster area in Africa, the Mideast, and central Asia) solve their own problems. Stop spending good money after bad and stop wasting our lives for people that hate us anyway. It will resolve itself without our help one way or another.

Rhetoric is the art of discourse, commonly (and wrongly) thought to be limited to persuasion. Apparently you are not aware that artillery shells and grenades were called bombs long before there were airplanes.

"As we approached Assi Square, they started opening fire on us. Two of my colleagues were martyred."

If they were "martyred" then that tells me these protests are over nothing more than religion and we have absolutely no reason to do anything for these people.

arguesforsport...Martyrdom is that which is caused by men whose lust for ultimate power is so maniacal it stops at no uncivilized action to remain in power. Assad is an Ahole power freak. How many Syrians are now dead just because ONE power freak wants to remain in power? Is his power that valuable to the world as a whole? Or is it that only HE thinks it is.

This is a serious lesson in how far any man will go to keep control over others. Trying to control other humans beings is about the stupidest thing any man can try to do with his valuable time. It's just not possible to control another human being so long as they have an able brain. It's called "options".

No. Martyrdom, when spoken by a muslim, is dying for ones religion. The word has other uses, but it is generally used religiously, and specifically by muslims.

argueforsport. You are wrong. The word, "martyr" means the same in any language. Stop with the anti-Muslim sentiments. Assad is not in any way behaving like an orthodox Muslim. He's doing what men have done exclusively since the dawn of time....trying to force his rule on people who don't want it.

This is the lesson men in the US need to take away from the Syrian mess. Too many male control freaks who just think everyone has to kiss up to them or die. Enough with that BS already.

The word does mean the same in any language and it is almost used exclusively in regards to dying for a religious cause, muslim or otherwise. Nothing anti-muslim about that, just a fact.

The #1 definition of Martyr is

mar·tyr

   [mahr-ter] Show IPA

noun

1.
a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.

So for argue to think it's about religion first isn't too far off. However the words 2nd meaning is

2.
a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause: a martyr to the cause of social justice.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/martyr

So the person could mean either one, when describing his friends' deaths. Personally, I think he was talking about their rebel cause, not a religious thing. But there are many fighting factions of Islam in the Middle East, so there could easily be a bit of religious infighting going on that us in the Western World don't really know about.

Ewent, you tend to rant incoherently at times. Just some constructive criticism for ya.

Assad and the Syrian people are tryign to defend their country from us and Nato. They've never bombed their own cities, everytime this has happened it's been Nato and U.S. funded terrorists doing the killing while our media military industrial complex reports a false narrative over here so we'll start a war and they'll get military contracts. People have to think.

keith-1135394 Assad and the Syrian people are tryign to defend their country from us and Nato

So your trying to tell us that the 10s of thousands of Peaceful protesters across the whole country right now are all Western or NATO foreigners? It's these unarmed peaceful protesters that started getting shot from the government forces to begin with. Sounds like you are on Assad's payroll.

HEY Ken Trout -- everything you see is a big fat lie and a propaganda as Good as it gets, Do you see all these signs these protesters have all writing in English , strange these I do not see the ALLAH WA KEBAB , God is the great on them , these people do not write in English , these innocents thugs and Alquida Saudis paid NATO trained killers and murderers if you wish , are nothing but paid criminals , they are Christians and destroying Churches , and our Dumb Senators were visiting the so called refugees in Turkey all 24000 of them you probably got 80 millions Americans that do not want Pres. Obama , should the Russians come here and arm them ? I do not think we take that too kindly,would we ? McCain and Lieberman the only reason they over there to kiss up the Israelis and and to destroy every country that stand in its way , Since when McCain and Lieberman gives the damn about anything , hell lets them get back here and worry about us , you so freaking blind , its sickening, all our Intel. tells us that Alquida in Syria and our senator McCain , Lieberman, and Hillary Clinton still want to and arm the rebels , Strange is it not ? You now there is a report that the Saudis spent 50 billions , to Train and arm Alquida and the Taliban's in Afghanistan during the Russian invasion, and that continued till this day, but who we are in love with the Saudis and Qataris AND THE ALL THESE EXTREMIST MUSLIM COUNTRIES , go figure , Assad have the right and duties to protect his people no matter what these dumb assss Europeans and the Gulf States and Turkey or us or anybody , Look what NATO did in Iraq ,Libya , Africa, Yemen and whole bunch of other countries , they steal these countries wealth by the name of Freedom , yes their Freedom to steal and kill in the name of rescuing the people , they killed more people than any Dictator that I know , so do not give me that Crap .

myturn...BS. 80 million red state Americans who hide their bigotry beneath a culture of pretentious BS don't want this president. There IS NO other reason. Not to worry. In a country of over 250 million plus, that 80 million means squat.

The only idiots who don't want this president in office are the suckups who live off federal funding like Big Oil and there herds upon herds of employees who are as addicted to oil as the heroin addicts are to drugs. Then, there are the other 40 million who have lived off the corruption paid for by the rest of us who'd rather hang by their toes than have a reformer president like President Obama upset their cushy cushy rich boi world only the rest of us can provide for them.

Time to stop the BS excuses. At what point do red staters ever admit that war keeps their states flush with moolah the rest of the states pay for? Sorry, that Gravy Train left the depot in 2008.

ya ewent -- tell that that to our fine senator McCain and Lieberman they want to arm the rebels and send our troops again to war , I can not imagine if that idiot won the election , we would fighting ww3 for sure . OK PEOPLE I'm going to say it real slow , our Intel. already told us , A L Q U I D A , fighting in Syria and then THE S A U I D I E S financing them , OK now you still want go to Syria and take Assad out , why ? and who's side are you all on ?

myturn...Senator McCain is a seasoned military man. I have little respect for Lieberman since he cannot make a solid commitment to a party and swings when it's to his advantage. You'd better imagine that President Obama will get his second term.

Right now, the most dangerous thing for this sitting President is another assassination as with JFK because the bigots will be insane with their desire to be rid of him no matter how they have to achieve that. Add to that the rich asses who hate the idea of paying their fair share of taxes and the corporations that Americans feed instead of allowing to die when they were going to, and you get a strong possibility that some red state nut job will take out President Obama so he can't get a second term...just like they did to JFK, whom the CIA and military detested for his military policies that would have kept us out of Viet Nam.

al Qaeda is not the once strong terrorist group it used to be. It's too splintered according to the al Qaeda experts here in the US. Thanks to President Obama's policies enough of the al Qaeda leaders are dead to render al Qaeda weakened.

However, the group to watch is Hamas. The Muslim Brotherhood is also too weak to do much damage internationally. In many ways, the Muslim Brotherhood is like a group of monks in a monastery who prefer their isolation and ability to practice their religion as they see fit.

If it wasn't for Israel or oil, who would give a flying rat's @$$ about the middle east? The Syrian "crisis" is all about protecting Israel's butt and oil. The Iranian "crisis" is all about protecting Israel's butt and oil. We should send all the Hollywood "elites" over there to get killed. I could care less if Assad had short range nuclear weapons and killed off everyone in the region, including himself.

America is broke- we can't have another war in the middle eastern "kingdoms" built on American taxpayer dollars. Enough enough enough!

ewent you right about the Muslim brotherhood , but what you need to understand the Wahhabi Muslim , and that's what rule Saudi Arabia , they send the money to destroy countries that does not practice what they believe , they still finance Al Qaeda and thanks for the right pronunciation , I know they weak and scattered but in Syria and other Arab countries you get these Muslim brotherhood and they feed on them , they send them money and whole bunch of Allah wa Akbar ( God is the Great ) , and that's all it takes , and in Syria they have brought these left over fighter's if you wish , and smuggled all the Libyans weapons from Qaddafi stock piles , and with the help of the NATO and Turkey off course and the Lebanese sectors the ones that hate Syria , combined they make the bulk of these rebels , they killing Christians and destroying their Churches , I guess they are listening to the fatwa that Wahhabi sheik in Saudi Arabia came with to kill all the infidels , even thought in the Muslim teaching ,they suppose to respect the christians .

Everyone buy a Volt and/or a Prius and all will be well. No more oil problems. No more middle east problems.

"-mean that American troops are standing by to go?

It means we're getting ready to send in the CIA...or at least admit they are already there.

tiredofitall...If you bother to check, the UN and even Russia and China are in agreement that the bloodbath in Syria has to stop. Hillary Clinton has said this from the beginning. But, as usual, men suddenly go deaf at the sound of a female voice with any intelligence to offer.

When innocent people are killed, is the American tradition to ignore that? And then when it happens on US soil, that will be okay too?

ewent!! What is the Saudi Arabian tradition? Are they too elite to die? What is the Israeli tradition? Are they now too elite to die?? Why should it be my tradition to run over to the middle east every time the oil companies and Israel feel threatened?

Enough war- America needs to re-build itself and keep our young boys home. Let Russia and China handle this one!!!!!

War is a best way to make profit. China and Russia sells arms to Assad to make big profit, so they are not eager to see the conflict stop.

The same is with US in the past and will be in the future. Merchants of Death, all they care are money and let's the world be damn with war.

I really don't see how a sign marking them as "occupiers" is going to help thier cause.

Hey from Homs-- were one of these people killing the Christians and dismantling their bodies , were the one in Banias the decapitating the Alewites on the streets and showing it on U Tube and bragging about it , or you were the one killing people just on their IDs , I know people like you , Yes Assad the Father did bomb Hama , but why , tell the people why , did he just wake up one morning and said Wow its a good day to Hama , the Muslim brother hood were killing and terrorising the people , remember the bus from Aleppo were they massacred all the students on that bus , Are you a real Syrian or you came through Turkey or Lebanon ,or Jordan maybe , your fine arab brothers ,Are you getting paid every month by the Saudis or the Qataris , any Syrian or any person that love his his country do not want a NATO or any strangers to come to his country , is it not in your holly Muslim teaching ,( me and my brother against my cousin , and me and my cousin against the strangers ) OR WHAT HAPPENED HERE YOU FORGOT your teaching . Does the Holly Koran tell to kill the Christians and to dismantle civilians figures , you trying to play on the people in the US feelings because they do not like to see children's been mistreated and women , and you do that very good , the Gulf States had bought the US Media for you , and then you that guy in London that calls himself the Syrian whatever , He owns a Restaurant in London , and he sits there and fabricate all the stories and films , Assad is no angle buddy , but Syria is much better place with him than people like you and your Alquida Muslim brother hood , We seen what they do and to my people in the US , you do not to listen to this guy just remember 9/11 , because people like that are the rebels in Syria follow your heart not your Politicians , that's whats wrong with now .

LordPyrinc...President Obama and the UN allies were able to starve Iran into finally coming to the table to talk about their nuclear program. Now, even North Korea recognizes the importance of alliances with the West.

Asshead isn't about anything but control. That's all he cares about. It's all about him, him, him. It has nothing to do with government. He doesn't want the remotest hint of democracy in his country for obvious reasons...he can't have total control in a democratic form of government.

He'll kill every last one of his countrymen rather than give up control. Isn't that what all madmen do when they realize how close they are coming to losing their grip on control of the masses?

ewent- Assad is NOT America's problem. Where is Saudi Arabia? Israel? China?Russia? Come on!! Keep our precious youth home and let the "elite" sand kings fight among themselves.

Wally-185-- you and people like you must on Aquida's side Because our Generals keep telling all that Alquids is in Syria and they are masacre the innocents people , and they show you these innocents rebels armed to teeth , and you still do not beleive or hear , either you all need to clean your ears and check your eys , or hell if you want Assad out that Bad why don't go to Syria and fight , You all real good about sending our troops while you all home watching T.V and giving your opinions about killing other people , as long as it does not interfere with your drinking and smoking ,

Wally...the only Americans who say nothing will get done under President Obama are those who must have been asleep for the last 4 years. It was THIS president responsible for the deaths of the top 10 al Qaeda leaders.

Instead of nitpicking at this president, maybe it's time for Americans to stand behind their leader? Only those determined to undermine this presidency any way they can refuse to act like loyal Americans and stand by the policies of this administration which thus far have been fair, successful and on the mark.

It took a Financial Meltdown in 2008 to recognize that the policies of the previous administration over 8 years were destructive to the economy, employment and Middle Class Americans. We can't afford another CEO in the White House.

This is a government. Not a corporation ruled by a CEO appointed by a Board of Directors with only profit as the bottom line operative. That leaves out 250-plus American citizens with a Constitutional right to government.

When Americans can't see their government is more business than government, it may be time for a thorough house cleaning.

I'm usually pretty liberal, but even I am against sending troops to Syria.

We need our military at home. The End.

Last i heard they're still signing up people at the air force, sign your butt up and head on over there, after you get done bombing them, tell us what you really accompished....they'll just find some other meglomaniac to kill them....

@Coyotehunter - Sorry dude - too old for that - was active during Vietnam. What you accomplish is preventing the slaughter of men, women and children who are collateral damage by this megalomaniac's army. Unfortunately, it always seems the Middle Eastern countries replace the current dictator with someone worse. It seems after the many years of killing and retributions, they can't stop and be civil.

Rich...Same, same me...thought we we're saving the world from the commie bastards...but after i rotated back to the world, i found it was all for naught...and now we buy our jeans and flip flops from them....It was fun at times...freefire zones, napalm in the morning, noon and night,...but then Hanoi Jane got involved and well the rest is history...

Parrots beak-68-69-70-71....

Yeah Americans never learn. NBC is co-owned by GE so they have every reason to lie and claim Assad is killing his own people when in reality the CIA is funding terrorists to set off these bombs. No one in Syria believes this crap our media is claiming. Our media can't even cite a source other than their one "charity" group over there.

you right Keith-11-- and the story continue , another war , It seems we already forgot our General Colin Powell in the UN , Showing them the Mobil WMDs , of Saddam and pictures of where are his nukes factories , now Assad after all these years he decided to kill his own people , and if he is so so so brutal why in the hell his losing some of his army , why just doesn't he just send his Air force and wipe these rebels area , After all that's what we do the Israelis the Turks the NATO , SO is trying to be a nice guy or he just like to pick these Alquida rebels one at a time , Idiots .

You go Chef80- go fight Assad !! Send your kids too!! Keep America out of it!!

the egyptian people over threw mubarak not the u.s. i stopped reading after your sentence .

Yalla is right. The Egyptian people overthrew their corrupt government that was supported by us! In Syria we don't like the fact that they are free and don't have a central bank, so the corrupt U.S. is funding terrorists to attack Syria then our media (owned by military contractors) claims Assad is killing his own people. Assad has no reason to kill his people when his people support him!! They hate us because we keep bombing and killing innocent people.

Can you prove any of your assertions Keith?

ya Wally-185-- just watch CNN and see what he is talking about , I live in the US and tried to call ANDERSON COOPER a million times i could not even talk to anybody , But this Zidon fella he calls from Damascus AND GET TO TALK TO HIM ALL THE TIME , then he tell Anderson whats happening in all of Syria then he says he can not go anywhere because of the shooting in a perfect English better than PRES. KARAZI in Afghanistan , THEN HE SHOWS 2 soldiers shooting from a top of a building and tells you they are a Syrian troops shooting at the civilians , they do not show who they are shooting at but if he is against the Assad , how did he get on the roof top with these ruthless soldiers , you Anderson Cooper is INSULTING OUR INTELLIGENCE , and the reporter Arwa Demon she said the Syrian did not allow her into Syria , but then she was running around with an Alquida fighter that came from Libya into Syria , and taking pictures them . you know , most of us do not know where Syria at , but to insult us with this kind of reporting , its a shame where our Media went to , they report what they paid to report not the truth .

my turn, u r very stupid to charge me with somthing even u don't know me if am sunni or christian or durzi or alawi or kurdi, so shut ur mouth and stop talking like syrian media what they r talking every day.

if Bashar the duck he is the GOD for u and the other slaves in syria he is not for us,

if u reply me i'll not answer u cuz am done with u and u r slave for bashar and am free man