what do you think about the syrian regime ?
468065
They are an oppresive regime who supports terrorism but there's not much we can do about it.
995116
Country X is supporting terrorism through their inaction. If they won't do something to stop the deaths of millions of your people, you should be well within your rights to hold them accountable for the actions of their citizens, rebels or not. If you have to take them out just to fight the rebels on their home turf instead of yours, then so be it.
918857
I think that he has a mixed record. Although he has done a great deal to bring Russia out of the dark ages and into an energy giant in waiting, he has also done his fair share of things to quell internal discontent within Russia. The best example of this is his overt control of the media and his elimination of people who express popular discontent. Recently a Russian journalist named Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in very suspicious circumstances. He seems a good leader, but i think people should be suspicious of him even if only for his KGB past.
270359
Its a beautiful country, I loved it there.   And everyone there was more polite and kind than I've met anywhere else in my travels.  I'd go back there in a heart beat.  \n\nUnfortunately I have a problem with our President being best friends with the Saudi Prince and letting him do whatever he wants.  The country and people of SA are wonderful but the government at times is a bit to greedy and far to deep in bed with our President for my comfort.
1110287
To have something to complain about. For example:\n\nIraq's arsenal of weapons of mass destruction was not captured by US forces who heroically brought down Saddam Hussein's regime three years ago this week. It vanished before they arrived.\nIsraeli intelligence reported before the US-led invasion that starting in late summer 2002 Saddam's WMD arsenal was shipped by truck convoy to Syria. Recently, documents seized from Iraq after the fall of the regime were released to the public. Those documents revealed that under the direct command of former Russian prime minister and KGB boss Yevgeny Primakov, Russian Spetnaz forces oversaw the transfer of Iraq's WMD to Syria ahead of the US-led invasion. These reports have been corroborated by Saddam's Air Vice Marshall General Georges Sada.\n\nSo rather than being destroyed or secured, Saddam's WMD arsenal was simply moved from one rogue regime with intimate ties to terror organizations to another rogue regime with intimate ties to terror organizations.\n\nOf course, American Media will NOT report this, it will prove Bush right, and then they would look stupid.\n\nMichael Moore, thanks:\nFriday, 23 June 2006 \nWhen News Lies \n\n\nWHEN NEWS LIES\nMedia Complicity and The Iraq War\n\n\nBy Danny Schechter, The News Dissector\n\n\n\nA new book from Danny Schechter offers an up to date indictment of the role media played in promoting and misreporting the war on Iraq. It is an analysis of how and why the media got it wrong that pinpoints the failures of journalism and the collusion of media companies with the Bush Administration. The author of EMBEDDED: Weapons of Mass Deception (Prometheus 2003), an account of the TV coverage of the US invasion, returns with a more comprehensive, updated and insider look at the media complicity that Schechter argues "made the war possible."\n\n\n\n"Most of the anti-war movement focused on the crimes of the Bush Administration ignoring the mainstream media, its far more effective accomplice," says former network producer Danny Schechter (ABC, CNN). "The government orchestrated the war while the media marketed it. You couldn't have one without the other."\n\n\n\nWHEN NEWS LIES includes the feature -length DVD of the prize-winning film WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception). The book will also include the complete script as well as a discussion of the challenges of exposing media with media with a documentary. It chronicles the media war fought alongside the military campaign and the struggle to stand up for truth. \n\nSource(s):\nGoogle it:\n\nSaddam, WMD, Spetsnaz\n\nhttp://www.wmdthefilm.com/mambo/index.ph...
108029
I do believe that the ex-iraqi regime wasn't good at all , it was totally vicious and a real evil , but , please , is it a US leader who meant to correct that ? no and million no , i prefer saddam husain than what america did over there , it was a big lie , they wanted oil for israel,  why should they do that and lose millions of millions ? because simply US is actually ruled and govern by israel , israeli rich people are all in US and they have the US economy in their hands , bush couldn't refuse that ,  yes all those who talked about mass distruction weapons were liers and  america won't do the same with iran because it would be a change point in the history when iran kick US ass-es , NOW  FOR ALL THOSE STILL BELIEVE US ADMINISTRATION : PLEASE , DO U FEEL BETTER WHEN YOUR FAMILIES MEMBERS ARE DYING IN IRAQ IN A WAR THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSE TO HANDLE , ARE YOU HAPPY WHILE IRAQI INNOCENT CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND OLD MEN BEING KILLED WITHOUT ANY MERCY FOR NO CLEAR REASONS ? COME ON I DON'T WANT THAT FREEDOM WHICH DAMAGING A COUNTRY AND MAKE IT EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT I HAS BEEN , PLEASE , AND HONESTLY  , LET'S CONFESS , YOUR DMINISTRATION LIED A BIG LIE , AND YOUR PEOPLE , OUR PEOPLE ( MUSLIMS) , ARE THE REAL VICTIMS , WE DON'T HATE YOU , YOU DON'T HATE US , YOUR ADMIMINSTRATION ARE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT .... THINK AGAIN ,,, AND BE CAREFUL IT'S WON'T BE LIKE THIS NEXT TIME ..\n\n\nTHANKS FOR THE ASKER
1062449
I do. They are in Syria now.
835443
These last few weeks, being bombarded by political ads, made me think, just for a bit, that a dictatorship might not be so bad after all...\n\nThe ads are just terrible. Mostly filled with lies about the other person (telling less than the whole truth is a lie - just ask God).\n\nThank God I don't have to deal with that crap for another 2 years.
992385
Absolutely loved the film.  Only Munich BARELY edged it out for bets film of last year (but only barely).  It's one of the few open and honest films about the subject of oil and the Middle East.  I was also stunned at the storyline involving the recruitment of the young terrorist.\n\nAmazing stuff.
484859
I am so reactionary that I don't support Bush. I want to re-establish the Byzantine Empire. I prefer feudalism to capitalism. Monarchy is better than a republic any day of the week. How about them apples?
1009558
The weapons were moved to Syria by Russian convoys.It will all come out at a later date.It is very incriminating for France,Russia and China so the wraps are on.
451391
I've been there several times. Its an interesting place with loads of history, lovely scenery and pleasant, friendly people. \n\nRight now I wish those pleasant and friendly people would start questioning whether they are being well led. It would be a tragedy for a country with the legacy of Persia to become the next tragic victim of the World's bully, George Bush. But that's the way you're going and it is going to be very nasty. \n\nPlease, do what you can to make your own leaders act a little more reasonably! This has to be a two-way thing.
257378
The only way to topple such a regime is usually war.  Occasionally a successor will be open minded enough to give the people freedom or pressure from other nations will force them to, but usually it takes a revolutionary war or a foreign invader to get rid of a standing government.
135487
couberly,\n\nYou know, you can't ask a serious, meaningful question here without getting answers from smart-alek children who, if they insist they know the MEANING of the word, they feel they can offer a flippant, one-sentence answer, and tie it into politics, copying what mommy and daddy says...pathetic!\n\nAnyways...\n\nI cannot discuss the pros and cons of ANY type of government without looking at HOW they come into power.  When you look at theocracies presently in power (Iran, for instance), that government was established after a coup to oust the Shah, which succeeded.  So, what's wrong with that?  Heck, we here in the U.S. threw the Brits out on their hineys to get to be where we are today, so more power to 'em right?\n\nwell...\n\nDid they draw up a constitution to guarantee freedoms to all their citizens, and make it amendable to keep up with future needs of those citizens?  No.  (Is that the ONLY way?  Well, no...certainly not, but if you don't write down what you can and cannot expect of your government, then give them guns to defend your uncertain and undefined rights, where do the citizens stand?)\n\nThose who ousted the former government have even the MAJORITY of the populace in their minds when they did what they did, or were they interested in promoting THEIR interests?  See, political lines in a theocracy (especially in Islamic Iran) are divided by what FORM of Islam is practiced...you've heard firsthand the strife between the Sunnis, Shias, and God knows how many ever factions they've got over there...it's not only POSSIBLE to have a minority faction take over during a coup, but they can keep that power by: 1.  Outlawing arms for citizens (thus only those in power have weapons)  2.  Killing those who dare say anything to the contrary (You are speaking against Allah's will...) and 3.  Garnering support from their global neighbors by twisting the facts and seeming like THEY are being 'picked on' by others when others dare speak out against mass murders committed in the name of 'Allah.'\n\nHow does a citizen of a theocracy speak out against oppression that's being committed in the name of God?  Say anything, and not only will you be killed, but your family on both sides as well, for how many ever generations are living.  \n\nThe head of the theocracy can state any objective as one that's 'God's Will.' "We must strive to develop nuclear weapons so that we can blow Israel off the globe...it is the will of Allah..."  Say anything to the contrary, see above...so, you'll have the backing of the entire country on whatever you say, some of whom WILL have the brains to make it happen.\n\nThere cannot be a theocracy that has the best interest of everyone within it's borders, where at least an individual has some representation in the government.  Impossible.\n\nCan YOU think of any pros?
952590
There is NO doubt we have taken his rule for granted.  And there is no doubt the state dept incorrectly thinks there will be a "crack in the armor".  Let's face it they haven't done a very good job on foreign policy.\n\nI believe Castro's brother Raul would be the new dictator.\n\nI actually believe we should normalize relations now to martyr Castro making his successor less powerful.
250626
I don't know.  I think its distant future is glorious, but the near future looks shaky.  I had great hopes when Khatami got in, but the current president makes me as nervous as our current president (I'm American).  I'm hoping that we will all stick to saber-rattling and not actual war until we learn to settle down and get along.
711595
I'm syrian, but I think I have enough experience with other lebanese to answer your question. from what I've seen, the majority of lebanese are very open minded. There are strict cultural cliques (that's a muslim neighborhood, no christians live there, or only atheists go into that line of business, etc...) but I think that's relatively common throughout the MidEast. \n\nLebanon certainly has enough stereotypes of being the "loosest" of hte arab countries, but I think that its diversity gives it something no other arab nation has.