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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:27 PM Original message |
Almost a million Lebanese turn out to press for Syrian pullout (Pic's Wow) |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. How big was the pro-Syrian demonstration? |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The article says this one was two and half times larger....n/t |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. But |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I heard on CNN the pro-Syrian demo was 500,000 (n/t) |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Joe Klein was there and he said it was about a million on Charlie Rose |
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Blue to the bone (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. The whole thing's a fake....... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, Lebanon is headed for civil war, right? |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Not necessarily |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Good analysis. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. What will determine a civil war |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. I give it about a 55% chance of civil war. |
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ProgressiveConn (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. I'd disagree. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. The use of the lebanese flag is a ruse |
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ProgressiveConn (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. I wouldn't take you up on that bet. |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. "My demonstration's bigger than your demonstration!" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. ...or genocide happens...but then, freedom's on the march, eh? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No, that is true |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. George and his dipshit commandos think it's a bad thing |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Democracy also means respecting the choices people make |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. For many here, the problem is it is happening under Bush's watch. |
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Colorado Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. I agree. This looks like democracy in action whether we |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. There will be no democracy |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Why do DUers think demanding peace-keeping troops leave means |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Democracy means |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And one day when all these nations become democracies and elect |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Or Bush's poll numbers keep tanking then it's what we fighting for... |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. What do you think of this march for Democracy? |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. wow |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Lebanon's Slide Back Into Civil War |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. I oppose this foreign occupation |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Iraqis find irony in Bush's stance on Lebanon, Syria |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. M.E. expert: Hizzbullah will fill vaccum left by Syrian pullout |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Too bad then that you don't know the FACTS; it;s NOT an "occupation". |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You left out something |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Yes and that in fact for 14 years the govt of Lebanon has asked Syrian |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Population of Lebanon 2.6 million, 60% Muslim pro-Syrian. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Invited...14 years ago....hmmmmmm |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. No, but most are pro-Hizzbullah |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Thanks (nt) |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Hizbullah is definitely the government in the south. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. And asked to remain for 14 years by the government of Lebanon. And now |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. And we've been in SK at the request of their government.... |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. The country is pretty evenly split |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. I See Busses |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. The sooner Syria pulls out, the sooner the Civil War can begin. eom |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. Some observations, and I'm surprised at some of the comments.... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. The size of the crowd is not important. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Obviously the Size Does Matter |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. Your tax dollars at work! n/t |
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mordarlar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. :::sigh:::; Imagine what we could get done if we had a rally like that. |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. We had a bigger one in London prior to the invasion of Iraq |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Can you imagine the uproar if some foreign governments... |
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humanriteswritlarge (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. The real issue is that Bush wants another war |
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IranianDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is all bullshit/ |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I have thought that from the beginning... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I think most of us here agree with you |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. wonder who payed for all those HUGE new flags & all the kinko posters |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Time for the Cedar Revolution! |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. Whatever the numbers, the sheer size of the pro and anti Syrian rallies |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. It's quite amusing to note... |
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Rockerdem (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. We are too used to the media distorting things |
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Colorado Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 02:19 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Thank you for your post. I agree with your observations. It |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 05:27 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Folks just don't like to be manipulated so the knee jerk reaction is to |
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