Jumblat: Syrian Army that Achieved Victories in October War is Receiving Orders from Schizophrenic Person
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Monday slammed Syrian President Bashar Assad as a “schizophrenic person” and noted that “terrorist groups” infiltrated Syria due to the “collusion and inaction” of the international community.
“Forty years since the October War, which was an important juncture in the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict, one ponders over the unprecedented developments that the Arab world is witnessing and the distressing tragedies that it is going through during this political moment, as the cases of chaos and armed conflicts exacerbate and people alone pay hefty prices only because they have demanded the minimum of their humanitarian and political rights,” Jumblat said in his weekly editorial in the PSP's al-Anbaa.
“The Syrian Arab Army that achieved heroic victories in the October War … is now receiving orders from a schizophrenic person who had insisted from the very first moment that he was fighting terrorists, instead of fulfilling the legitimate demands of the Syrian people,” he added, referring to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“Some mouthpieces of the regime have started to tell us that he will run in the presidential election next year over the human remains of the Syrian people and the ruins of cities and destroyed villages, and at the expense of millions of displaced people inside and outside Syria and hundreds of thousands of detainees and missing persons,” Jumblat said.
He noted that “terrorist groups” have added to the plight of Syrian people after they infiltrated the country due to “the collusion and inaction of some of the international and Arab community.”
On Sunday, Assad acknowledged that mistakes had been made in responding to the uprising that began in March 2011.
The uprising initially took the form of peaceful protests against the Assad family's 40-year reign but escalated into a civil war after government forces fired on demonstrators.
"Whenever political decisions are made, mistakes happen," Assad said. "Personal mistakes by individuals happened. We all make mistakes. Even a president makes mistakes," he added. He insisted, however, that "our fundamental decisions were right."
Asked if the opposition has sole responsibility for massacres, and if his forces were all innocent, Assad said "reality is not black and white."
"But basically it's correct that we are defending ourselves," he added.
07 October 2013, 18:48
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I value Jumblat for hos just stance on the Syrian war. Here we have a person who is playing a fair game of upholding what's just and right. 25 Million people in Syria, which is the entire population, want Assad to leave yesterday not today. This person is really sick. He wants to rule a nation of 25 million through his family. His father was a corrupt, mean, stupid and manipulative and his ways subjected Syria, a great nation, to four decades of dictatorship that made all of them poor except the ruling family. Assad must go not by deportation but by having the same fate of Saddam and Gaddafi.
07 October 2013, 19:29
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First christians didn't jumblat and co to masacre them tgey were very fine doing it by themselves... Not saying that jumblat milicias didn't comit masacres but ur way of taking facts of our history and omitting the rest of picture is a litle delusional man, u seem to hv lived another war from the one i grew up in, a war were all of them did massacre, where no one was clean where all was pursiuing his own interest...
Anyway u know what at least jumblat recognised the fact and did some moves with the maronite church wherease other still thinks that did nothing wrong, i know it wont bring back martirs but at least be honest... Eh ya achraf el ness....
08 October 2013, 02:04
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So christion didnot killed each others, no masacres where done between each others? No execusions? No assassinations?... Come on man be realistic a litle, don't let feelings tske over rationality...
07 October 2013, 19:31
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As for bashar u r right he did only good deads, spread love and democratie on all, cherich his people, cheriched lebanese people, palestinians and even irakis... What a great guy....
08 October 2013, 02:08
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Bachar card? Berri wasn't a friend of syria? El sayed? El hezb en kawmeh...all march 8 expet general aoun who was preaching in front of us diplomates in favor of tesolution against syria then, so here also stop being irrationsl all colaborated, all had their own interest in mind exept one who was in exild in france another one in jail and some few in the coutry then...
And if u don't see that i all ur posts (most of them) u r deffending bachar there is a problem man...
07 October 2013, 20:16
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I love the selective memory of Assad's brown nosers, they forget to mention that the full military support of the "heroic Syrian Arab Army" and Bashar's papa hate incitements were required for Walid, his father and his war time alines most of whom are members of M8, to massacre the Christians in Lebanon.
07 October 2013, 20:57
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walla ma fi ghayrak Schizophrenic Walid beik. Those who change their mind often within a second, those who wake up one day talking great about a person then wake up another day talking bullocks about the same person are Schizophrenic. Yes That's you Walid so now how could a Schizophrenic accuse someone else of being schizophrenic. Anyway what is this Rhetoric how could some Claiming to be respected politician say about someone to be schizophrenic on media?? what is this insanity and disorder and lack of political mind if that stupid person is considered to be the smartest politician in Lebanon then i must say our smartest is the dumbest on earth. Have you ever heard any descent complete minded politician saying on the media such words of discrimination about an existing politician? Schizophrenic?
07 October 2013, 21:00
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Patriotic- Lebanese : obviously God does not exist because neither Bashar nor Aoun or any of your idols are blessed they are all the creation of Evil. But at Least Bashar Assad and Nasrallah would not say that word on Media But Aoun would but i dont blame him i mean he takes a 100 pills a day thankfully otherwise i dont know what would he say.
07 October 2013, 21:12
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Walid beyk, walaou! Syrians achieved victories in October '73 war? Talk about revisionist history!
The Egyptians performed decently, but the Syrians? Within days of their assault, the Syrians were wondering how to protect Damascus from the Israeli counter-attack.
The Syrian army is one that fights best against unarmed civilians.
08 October 2013, 08:04
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If you could only get your history right you would know that it was Israel which had forces over the line of the 6 day war, before the Syrian leadership agreed to a cease-fire.
The Egyptian forces "performed well with their ancient Russian weapons" so why didn't the Syrians?
Into just what part of Palestine/Israel did the Syrian army advance?
08 October 2013, 00:38
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banima3roof, you should get yourself an education in military history or at least plain history if you want your comments not to reflect your ignorance.
During the 1973 war, the Syrians like the Egyptians had massive amounts of the best weapons the Soviets had produced at the time. They included anti-aircraft missiles (SA-6, Strela 2, in addition to the long range SA-2 and SA-3's), and the formidable (at the time) AT-3 Sagger guided anti-tank missile. The Egyptians performed much better with these weapons than the Syrians who had to resort to the Iraqis and Jordanians to prevent Damascus from being taken over. The Iraqis had sent two divisions of about 30,000 men and roughly one thousand armored vehicles to save Damascus.
08 October 2013, 10:24
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What about all the Alawites who thinks Assad can do no wrong, are they suffering from Mass Hysteria?
08 October 2013, 16:10
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When did Jumblat not admit being behind massacres in the war? And which side wasn't massacring people during the war?
08 October 2013, 16:11
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Even Assad can't say with a straight face that the army is not massacring people, but his pets on naharnet say it all the time.
