If I were an Alawite
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Submitted by Jacob, Aug 17, 2012 16:05
If I (or you) were an Alawite, I'd support Assad too. With current trends, there is no indication that being Alawite will earn you anything but enmity and violence post-Assad.
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| Warmongers vs. Peace-mongers [61 words] | Warmonger | Dec 12, 2012 08:05 |
| Pretty accurate [89 words] | JGibbs | Sep 9, 2012 05:49 |
| Nusayris/Alevis are secular yet supported by Iran; why is the US opposing this? [196 words] | Juninho | Aug 22, 2012 17:20 |
| You are ignoring facts and downplaying huge commonalities [336 words] | Kossaki | Aug 18, 2012 03:04 |
| ↔ Response to comments [219 words] | Stephen Suleyman Schwartz | Aug 23, 2012 12:59 |
| Please be careful of overgeneralizing [93 words] | Kzndr | Aug 17, 2012 16:37 |
| ⇒ If I were an Alawite [30 words] | Jacob | Aug 17, 2012 16:05 |
| Very informative [85 words] | Farid Ghadry | Aug 17, 2012 11:28 |
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