Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Obama warnings to everyone on Syria is likened to Putin' 'blabber'

"... Obama didn’t elaborate on the “players” to whom he was referring. But he appeared to be referring to Syria’s key foreign supporters, Iran and Hezbollah, the Shiite Muslim militia that dominates neighboring Lebanon, as well as to Syrian rebels, their Sunni Muslim patrons led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and to Islamic extremists linked to al Qaida.
Obama’s comments were greeted with derision by Syrian activists on the social-networking sites Facebook and Twitter. They accused him of threatening intervention only when Israel was at risk.
One Twitter user compared Obama to Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the Syrian regime’s few foreign allies: “Both blabber about ‘red lines,’ have kept Assad afloat in blood-soaked power.” Another tweet, from a user called SyriaTime, said the president’s warning so late in the crisis is akin to saying, “Sure, genocide is fine."..."

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