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Question: At the end of the year of 2015......will Bashar al Assad be the President of Syria?
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CLARENCE 2015!
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« on: December 29, 2014, 01:57:18 AM »
Well???
I am voting yes.... it seems he is the "default choice" more and more by the day
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2014, 02:09:31 AM »
Yeah, there's very little chance he goes before ISIS does (if that ever happens).
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2014, 02:27:35 AM »
Dear God I hope so.
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CLARENCE 2015!
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2014, 02:42:02 AM »
Why is that- because you are afraid of the alternative(as we all are) or because you are a supporte r of Assad?
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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2014, 03:03:40 AM »
Quote from: clarence on December 29, 2014, 02:42:02 AM
Why is that- because you are afraid of the alternative(as we all are) or because you are a supporte r of Assad?
The obvious option (I'm hoping) is the former. I don't see how anyone can think the latter. It's a tad scary he's the lesser of two evils.
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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2014, 03:17:04 AM »
Yes. He will win the war.
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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2014, 06:56:57 AM »
If "president 4 life" still means something in this topsy-turvy world, then yes.
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« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2014, 12:08:34 PM »
Quote from: clarence on December 29, 2014, 02:42:02 AM
Why is that- because you are afraid of the alternative(as we all are) or because you are a supporte r of Assad?

The former.
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2014, 12:40:46 PM »
Almost certainly.  The only way he won't be is if there is an internal coup.  Neither the Unislamic State nor the FSA will topple him in the next year.
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2014, 01:47:15 PM »
The U.S. government has most likely been secretly coordinating with him for some time.
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2014, 01:49:51 PM »
He will be in power, thank God. The FSA and ISIS are even worse.
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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2014, 01:52:32 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on December 29, 2014, 01:49:51 PM
He will be in power, thank God. The FSA and ISIS are even worse.

The FSA no longer exists, and hasn't for some time. In 2012 though, they were probably preferable to Assad.
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« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2014, 01:58:53 PM »
If he's still alive by then, probably.
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« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2014, 08:20:07 PM »
Assad is terrible but sad thing is Id rather have him, Hezbollah and Iran than Al-Nusra, ISIS and the Saudi brand of Islam.
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« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2015, 01:41:55 PM »
Removing dictators in the Middle East has yet to prove productive since power vacuums lead to Islamic radicals.

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« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2015, 11:24:31 PM »

Even Assad seems to doubt that.
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« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2015, 11:48:07 PM »
Assuming he isn't assassinated, yes.
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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2015, 08:53:03 AM »
Quote from: CTRattlesnake on January 05, 2015, 01:41:55 PM
Removing dictators in the Middle East has yet to prove productive since power vacuums lead to Islamic radicals.



What about Tunisia?
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« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2015, 12:35:19 PM »
Quote from: Sol on January 07, 2015, 08:53:03 AM
Quote from: CTRattlesnake on January 05, 2015, 01:41:55 PM
Removing dictators in the Middle East has yet to prove productive since power vacuums lead to Islamic radicals.



What about Tunisia?
Tunisia is in the Middle East now?
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« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2015, 12:46:41 PM »
Quote from: Murica! on January 07, 2015, 12:35:19 PM
Quote from: Sol on January 07, 2015, 08:53:03 AM
Quote from: CTRattlesnake on January 05, 2015, 01:41:55 PM
Removing dictators in the Middle East has yet to prove productive since power vacuums lead to Islamic radicals.



What about Tunisia?
Tunisia is in the Middle East now?

The Middle East is ill defined, this is from Britannica.com:
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« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2015, 02:35:14 PM »
That's from the confusion between 'the Arab World' and the Middle East. The latter is basically just the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Armenian Highlands (both of which have a slightly confused status but lets ignore that), the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt and Persia. You would describe Tunisia as being part of the Mahgreb or North Africa.
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« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2015, 02:38:00 PM »
Afghanistan as "Middle Eastern" is laughable.
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« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2015, 02:45:25 PM »
Quote from: Snowstalker on January 07, 2015, 02:38:00 PM
Afghanistan as "Middle Eastern" is laughable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzmjdLhMeNU
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« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2015, 02:52:18 PM »
Quote from: Sibboleth on January 07, 2015, 02:35:14 PM
That's from the confusion between 'the Arab World' and the Middle East. The latter is basically just the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Armenian Highlands (both of which have a slightly confused status but lets ignore that), the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt and Persia. You would describe Tunisia as being part of the Mahgreb or North Africa.

That is the way we use it in Scandinavia and Germany, but it seems it is generally used in a much broader way in English.

Confusion with "the Arab world" does not explain the inclusion of Afghanistan.
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« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2015, 05:20:30 PM »
Quote from: politicus on January 07, 2015, 12:46:41 PM
Quote from: Murica! on January 07, 2015, 12:35:19 PM
Quote from: Sol on January 07, 2015, 08:53:03 AM
Quote from: CTRattlesnake on January 05, 2015, 01:41:55 PM
Removing dictators in the Middle East has yet to prove productive since power vacuums lead to Islamic radicals.



What about Tunisia?
Tunisia is in the Middle East now?

The Middle East is ill defined, this is from Britannica.com:

That's telling much about the current standards of Britannica.
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