"only the state can and should carry weapons and no one else" i agree with that as an ideal, and i totally think we should reach that eventually, but now is not the time, now these weapons are still crucially needed. israel hasent attacked us since 2006, they even stopped the traditional little summer bombings on our power plants. in the same time they attacked gaza twice since 2006, why do you think that is? the lebanese army is incapable now to fight off israel, even if it absorbs HA men and arsenal.
dropping weapons now is surrendering, this is worse for me than the inconvenience and less-than-ideal situation of having arms out of state control.
i think we should bear with that a little longer, the struggle has been long, and hard, and generations have made sacrifices to get us where we are now, let's not abandon it all before we reach the goal.
all the lebanese are the threat to lebanon, they all are, always were. let each one clean before his doorstep instead of pointing the finger at others.
they got what they were asking for, end of martial law, liberation of political prisonners and opening of the political scene to opposition parties, and much more. yes it wasnt perfect but nothing comes perfect immediately, there was room for progress and evolution and contructive change.
the mercenaries didnt want that and THEY kept shooting at protesters and soldiers, or using the protesters as human shields to shoot at security forces. they took homs and baba amro and tried to impose an islamic caliphate and DISGUSTED the locals who actually ASKED the army to come clean them. you speak only out of your self-centered hatred against assad, you dont care about syrians and if they have to die by the thousands and destroy their own country for you to feel you got your vengeance against hafez el assad then you're in for it.
phoenix keep in mind that everything in this article emanates from rami abdulrahman, the unequivocal rebel spokesman.
also note that they have been "capturing" areas a zillion times since the whole thing started, but never managed to keep them.
the regular army can't cover all of syria constantly, and they can't find dispersed rebels because they can hide in the population so their strategy is to let the rebels take a position and then hit it hard.
(damascus and a few other positions are an exception to this strategy)
also the very big difference with other dictators is that bashar has the support of his people.
many want reform and progress but they want more freedom, which is definitely not what the rebels, extremists and mercenaries can offer them.
phil it's this kind of bad math skills that make the US lose their drones one after the other and still think they are winning. lol, keep sending them this way
ps: when the persians invented mathematics your people were still struggling to measure wood logs with their feet.
Saqr Confirms Leaked Audio Recording on Arms Deal, Says Ready to Lift Off his Immunity
04 December 2012, 14:39and i was answering mohammad_ca saying "you talk about salafis/wahhabis and accuse others of sectarianism...ghabi."
why did you feel lectured?
Saqr Confirms Leaked Audio Recording on Arms Deal, Says Ready to Lift Off his Immunity
04 December 2012, 14:44"only the state can and should carry weapons and no one else" i agree with that as an ideal, and i totally think we should reach that eventually, but now is not the time, now these weapons are still crucially needed. israel hasent attacked us since 2006, they even stopped the traditional little summer bombings on our power plants. in the same time they attacked gaza twice since 2006, why do you think that is? the lebanese army is incapable now to fight off israel, even if it absorbs HA men and arsenal.
dropping weapons now is surrendering, this is worse for me than the inconvenience and less-than-ideal situation of having arms out of state control.
i think we should bear with that a little longer, the struggle has been long, and hard, and generations have made sacrifices to get us where we are now, let's not abandon it all before we reach the goal.
Saqr Confirms Leaked Audio Recording on Arms Deal, Says Ready to Lift Off his Immunity
04 December 2012, 14:46all the lebanese are the threat to lebanon, they all are, always were. let each one clean before his doorstep instead of pointing the finger at others.
Judiciary Rejects Security Agencies' Demand to Obtain Text Messages, Internet Passwords Data
04 December 2012, 14:49no.
Saqr Confirms Leaked Audio Recording on Arms Deal, Says Ready to Lift Off his Immunity
04 December 2012, 15:16they got what they were asking for, end of martial law, liberation of political prisonners and opening of the political scene to opposition parties, and much more. yes it wasnt perfect but nothing comes perfect immediately, there was room for progress and evolution and contructive change.
the mercenaries didnt want that and THEY kept shooting at protesters and soldiers, or using the protesters as human shields to shoot at security forces. they took homs and baba amro and tried to impose an islamic caliphate and DISGUSTED the locals who actually ASKED the army to come clean them. you speak only out of your self-centered hatred against assad, you dont care about syrians and if they have to die by the thousands and destroy their own country for you to feel you got your vengeance against hafez el assad then you're in for it.
Army Shells Damascus Province to Crush Rebellion
04 December 2012, 17:46phoenix keep in mind that everything in this article emanates from rami abdulrahman, the unequivocal rebel spokesman.
also note that they have been "capturing" areas a zillion times since the whole thing started, but never managed to keep them.
the regular army can't cover all of syria constantly, and they can't find dispersed rebels because they can hide in the population so their strategy is to let the rebels take a position and then hit it hard.
(damascus and a few other positions are an exception to this strategy)
also the very big difference with other dictators is that bashar has the support of his people.
many want reform and progress but they want more freedom, which is definitely not what the rebels, extremists and mercenaries can offer them.
Army Shells Damascus Province to Crush Rebellion
04 December 2012, 17:48god abandoned them when they abandoned god
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c63_1353633490
Army Shells Damascus Province to Crush Rebellion
04 December 2012, 17:49and the people abandoned them when they abandoned the people
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4a7_1346715971
White House: No Evidence Iran Drone Claim is True
04 December 2012, 18:01hahaha that was funny, thanks for the comical input lebcan.
White House: No Evidence Iran Drone Claim is True
04 December 2012, 18:11phil it's this kind of bad math skills that make the US lose their drones one after the other and still think they are winning. lol, keep sending them this way
ps: when the persians invented mathematics your people were still struggling to measure wood logs with their feet.