Obama Says Iran, Hizbullah Could Strike Back but Dismisses Threats

He has not been able to defeat the FSA and a bunch of Islamists In his own country. You make me laugh you idiot.

yeah wolf... HA will probably try to shoot down the tomahawks with their kalash and rpgs... stupid!

well if you are not going to flaunt your "power" (lol at syrian power) when your own land is occupied, when will you flaunt it? as pierro said, he cant even handle a few rebels.

Well, arzak-ya-libnan, I don't see how at least 150,000 fighters merits being labeled as 'a few'. Not to mention at least 30,000 of them being seasoned fighters from internationally recognized terrorist groups.

871x12, he didn't say Israel would be wiped off the map, because it can't.

Suddenly FT needs a panarab league to wipe out israel. Get over it man! Enough destruction in the World.

endless, 1-you are talking about NOW, there were no 150,000 strong force in the beginning of the uprising, and all those seasoned fighters came much later in the game.
2- your post does not answer my comment to FT where i asked if you are not going to flaunt your power when your own land is occupied, when will you flaunt it?
3- Assads army is a glorified police force, evident by how long it lasted against Israel in EVERY war they fought. Looks good on paper (like Saddam) but can be disposed of in even less time than they did Iraq's army.
4- as i replied to you (not sure if you read it) on the youtube post about Maloola you shared with me, quite a few (not all) were released by him, and he only has himself to blame.
5- Rebels do not have 10% of the tanks and artillery that Assad has, and 0% of the air power...

Obama is a huge disappointment. But I think overall what he is saying is accurate. I am disappointed he is going about this in the manner he is, in these types of interviews. He was supposed to improve our perception in the world.

arzak-ya-libnan, I see;

1. Well, in all honesty, I think it's NOW, that matters, now and beyond yonder. And yes they came later, and come they did just in time.

2. I don't think it's Al-Assad that will flaunt its powers of destruction, but the regional situation if the already unstable circumstances become even more unstablel. But I think he was talking about Russia's flaunting in defense of Syria.

3. True. When was the last time any of them participated in war? Those in experienced in war date back to the 70s and 80s and are either long gone or senile and/or in diapers.

4. Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it; I've replied back.

arzak-ya-libnan,

5. While true, I don't think they've had much need for them. They're unconventional fighting style is even more deadly than tanks and such. It'd be easy for Al-Assad to destroy their tanks/planes/etc. seeing as how Al-Assad has too many of them. While the insurgents' tactics are destroying everything everywhere they go due to their methods of fighting, they are rather effective in fighting the SAA. Besides the fact that they are well equipped in that regard as I've seen dozens of videos of rebels taking down tanks/helicopters/and even warplanes with advanced weaponry(e.g. guided missiles/anti-air defenses/armor penetrating weapons/etc.).

arzak-ya-libnan,

Al-Assad certainly has his hands full I think, and will negotiate diplomatically sooner than later. Something which will spare a lot of Syria from destruction and killing lest this continue, and also provide the means to systematically and effectively root out the appreciable terroristic elements from the opposition. I'm concerned of this because it will undeniable have direct consequences in Lebanon and the fate of Lebanese potentially anywhere the country, as the way extremists spread their vile ways knows no humanity nor boundary. Al-Assad's fate thereon does not concern me.

Endless;

Thank you for the civil convo and debate here and on the other post (i read your reply and agree with quite a few of your points)

However when we consider that this was Assads game from the beginning (i.e. free some jihadists, allow others to enter and then claim you are fighting al-qaida) this does not mean we stop supporting the moderate forces of the opposition (which are many) and lump them all together with the al-qaida jihadists and call them the same team, and support Assad because of the game he played.
already the FSA is clashing with the jihadists, so are the kurds. Assad knew this (i do not doubt his political savvy) and that is why he freed some (more in the thousands than the hundreds).
All i am saying is we cannot be WITH Assad because some of the opposition are jihadists, rather we should support the moderate forces of the opposition against the jihadists AND Assad.

arzak-ya-libnan, I don't know what else to add really, we're perfectly on par with one another.

The real problem and the cause of hesitance from the world, at least from the West, is the difficulty in identifying loyal moderates and confidently discerning between terrorists and commendable patriots. I don't think we regular folk know much in that regard.

arzak-ya-libnan, thank you for the civil convo as well. It was refreshing.

as usual, I'm ROTFL.

hahahaha.... :)
From which institution are you writing us from wolfy?

Miami-dolsile
Waco ? What about Universities , colleges , middle schools' , elementary schools' , churches , synagogues, cinemas, drive by shooting , anthrax sent by mail to congress , shooting congress representatives in the head , blowing up FBI buildings , sending home made bombs through the mail , suburban turf warfare , gang warfare , this is an everyday account by Americans committing Suicidal Murders by the thousands ( a Month !) , and this does not include psychopaths , serial killers , serial rapists , this is " Made in the USA " not in Lebanon !
And now your own Government are replicating your own society by Military Trigger Happy Invasions at a snap of a finger ! Drone Strikes , Military strikes , ...no , I think YOU AMERICANS are hated much much more than any nationality on EARTH besides the Israelis !
Signed Wolf !