#al assad

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Syrian freedom fighters have taken control of the country

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Syrian school notebook (ca. 1990s) showing Hafez, Bashar and Bassel al-Assad on the cover.

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Syria’s Alawite Community Under Attack as Gunmen Kill Ten in Hama

Syria police investigate attack on Greek Orthodox church in Hama as new mass grave found near Damascus

Three massacres committed by Turkish occupation in two days in NE, Syria

Northeast Syria: Apparent War Crime by Türkiye-Backed Forces

@speciesbarocus (in case you are interested)

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Price: It’s time to find out what he knows.

Soap: Right. *slaps Al-Assad*

Price: Soap, you have to ask him a question first.

Soap: Oh yeah. What color are me knickers. *slaps*

Price, visibly frustrated: Bloody hell, just lemme do it!

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I'm not defending the U.S. here but I think they're more nervous about North Korea because Kim Jung un seems waaay more unstable than Putin. Putin is a multi billionaire who doesn't care about anything as long as his throne is secure. Kim Jung is pretty similar except for the fact that he has a lot more pride, a lot less to lose, and a much bigger ego. Putin would never strike the u.s unless provoked first but kim Jung on the other hand is a loose fuckin cannon and tottaly unpredictable.

Completely wrong, the depiction of the DPRK ruling class as irrational actors is a bullshit narrative pedalled by people either completely ignorant of the history of Korea or those who actively support aggression against it for their own ends.The Kim Regime has everything to lose in a Nuclear first-strike scenario. They would certainly lose their country in the inevitable retaliation. How hard is it to understand that in the case of the DPRK nuclear weapons are a deterrent? The US is deterred from attack by the threat of a nuclear strike in retaliation. 

The lesson the world learned from the debacle that was US intervention in Libya and the abortive US intervention in Syria (under Obama) is that all countries opposed to the USA MUST hold on to Weapons of Mass Destruction. Libya traded theirs away and the Qaddafi Regime was wiped out soon after. Meanwhile, al Assad held on to his chemical weapons and was able to trade them in and prevent Obama from moving against him. The ruling class in the DPRK can only have seen this unfold and learned that they MUST continue to develop their Nuclear program.In fact, the ONLY way that peace and unity can ever be achieved on the Korean Peninsula is through bilateral negotiations between the Korean people. The USA has no role in the conflict and all the presence of the US at the table does is make any kind of agreement less likely.In regards to Putin, I really see very little difference between the leader in Russian and the leader in the United States. Both countries are run by egoistic plutocrats. The only difference, as far as I can see, is that Putin has a better claim to being elected democratically!

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Assad visits an exhibition and takes selfies with Syrians

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