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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:11 PM Oct 2012

So 60 Minutes Is Agitating For Us To Liberate Syria

Then when we overthrow another despot we will get lambasted for the action or inaction of those who replace him.

Talk about a Catch 22...

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So 60 Minutes Is Agitating For Us To Liberate Syria (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 OP

Unrec brooklynite Oct 2012 #1

Sixty Minutes Did A Segment On The Turmoil Is Syria. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #2

I didn't get that impression. femmocrat Oct 2012 #3

brooklynite

(94,572 posts)

1. Unrec

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:19 PM

Oct 2012

Once again, the assumption seems to be that we all know what the OP is talking about and we all agree with the OP's interpretation.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. Sixty Minutes Did A Segment On The Turmoil Is Syria.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:32 PM

Oct 2012

Throughout the segment was the argument, implicit or explicit, that the West isn't doing enough. If the Obama administration helps to overthrow a despot, read Libya and Egypt, and it doesn't go well, the Republicans make political hay out of it.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. I didn't get that impression.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:34 PM

Oct 2012

I thought the reporter was courageous to go into those beseiged areas. She seemed to be showing it as factually as she could. I don't think a lot of people understand what is happening in Syria and "60 Minutes" provided a format that could make the masses more aware. I learned a few things watching it.

On edit: The pleas for help were coming from the Syrians. Does anyone think CBS should have edited out those parts?

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