The report begins: "Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) raised the possibility Sunday of US military involvement in Syria if President Bashar Al-Assad massacres his people."
Syrian university students in Lebanon flash victory signs as they carry a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. (photo: Reuters)
Lieberman: Syria Could Be Next Target
27 March 11
en. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) raised the possibility Sunday of US military involvement in Syria if President Bashar Al-Assad massacres his people.
"If Assad does what Qadhafi was doing, which is to threaten to go house to house and kill anybody who's not on his side, there's a precedent now that the world community has set in Libya, and it's the right one," Lieberman said on 'Fox News Sunday.' "We're not going to stand by and allow this Assad to slaughter his people like his father did years ago."
"Finally, we are on the side of the mass of people yearning to be free within the Arab world," he added.
He suggested that there is an American appetite to back freedom fighters outside Libya.
"Assad, the dictator there, ought to and probably is getting a very clear message: If he turns his weapons on his people and begins to slaughter them, as Qadhafi did, he's going to run the risk of having the world community come in and impose a no-fly zone and protect (the) civilian population, just as we're doing in Libya," Lieberman said. "And therefore Assad has one choice, and that is to negotiate with the freedom fighters in Syria to create an entirely different government there or he too will have to go."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on CBS's 'Face the Nation,' meanwhile, that the US will not intervene in Syria because many consider Assad a "reformer."
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"The Assad dynasty is based on the country’s Alawite sect, which comprises only an estimated 13 percent of the population and fears terrible retribution from the Sunni majority if it falls from power. " NEOCONS are experts in starting civil wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya)and slaughtering millions by USrael.
Stop giving $3 billions per year for bombs to Israel - and peace will come.
Country that needs reform in the Middle East is autocratic Saudi Arabia.
Lieberman: West should deal with Iran and Syria like Libya | Rebel ...
Mar 25, 2011 ... Iran and Syria pose a greater security threat than Libya and the West should treat those countries in the same way as it has Muammar ...
www.rebelnews.org/.../732378-lieberman-west-should-deal-with-iran-and-syria-like-
this is NOT accident that Israeli fascist Avigdor Lieberman dictates US policy and US "Joe" Lieberman executes.
The liebermans are a fringe that only serves to radicalize, but what they say has to be taken seriously b/c of their power among the ignorant neocons.
"we hope that the policy seen towards Libya today will be implemented towards Iran and Syria where dozens of people opposing the opposition are murdered daily. Standing up for your principles can't be selective.
again NOT from NYT or Washington Post - and it is hard to believe that in unrest in Syria MOSSAD is not active.
I know many uneducated Americans believe he makes a point. But if one "thinks" - one turns the page and moves on.
After all, even his buddy McCain (who should retire for other reasons) would not even put him on the ballet as his VP candidate (won't comment on who)
We should look at our own govt too. ya think?
Govt by the Supremes, for BIG $$ Corp, and of the people who PAY their taxes.
G.E. & BofA pay NO taxes -- go figure why our deficiets are growing. G.E. profits are overwhelming - their missing tax money alone would . . .
and here we have Iraq revolution - brave revolutionaries attacked status quo.
Waiting for Obama/AIPAC Clinton glorifying speech.
here is our congress - right and left - with Hagee and ChrisitanZionis ts fantics. If this does NOT scare you. And this is h9ow many millions in USA?
I assume you include the Palestinians in that statement?!
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