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To: LindyBill who wrote (420823)4/9/2011 9:51:47 AM
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So, who are the rebels in Syria? Are some of them, at least, even worse than Assad's government? Could a regime that is a client of Iran, a patron of Hezbollah, an ally of North Korea and the chief underminer of Lebanese democracy possibly get worse? Sadly, the answer may be Yes. But if that is the case, why in the world were we so eager to drive Mubarak out of power?

Because our intelligence is inadequate. Because we fell into the habit of acting based not on knowledge and principles, but on PC fantasies. Pavlovian thinking is -- "Mubarak bad, young people in the street good".
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