'The War Is Not Over'

Fawas Akhras (Arabic: فو&#15 75;ز أخ&#15 85;س‎) is a London, England-based, British Syrian cardiologist.[1] He is a founding Director of the British Syrian Society and is involved with a number of Syrian causes.[2] He is currently a consultant interventional cardiologist at the Cromwell Hospital in South Kensington, London. He also practices at his private medical clinic in Harley Street, London.[3] He lives in Acton, London and is married to former diplomat Sahar Otri al-Akhras. Their daughter, Asma al-Assad is married to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

It was reported before the Syrian conflict that he had influence on the Syrian president in domestic affairs.[4] On 15 March 2012, The Guardian published allegedly intercepted emails that it claimed appeared to show that he was advising the Syrian President from the UK during the crackdown on anti-regime protestors.[5] According to The Guardian, Dr Fawas Akhras used a private email channel to the Syrian leader to offer advice on how the regime should spin its suppression of the uprising, including how best to rebut apparent video footage of Syrian forces torturing children.[5]

canadian crusty wrote:

<quoted text>how much have you benefited from capitalism?

I am not a billionair, not even a Millionair. Quite "terrible": I belong to the 99% exploited ones. I was lucky not have been killed in one of the many capitalist wars up to this end. Perhaps Fukushima has not crept to my body yet. No thank you for the many (terrible) capitalist "benefits".

Syrian Conflict Cracks Carefully Polished Image of Assad - NYTimes ...
Jun 10, 2012... who had worked in the Clinton, Bush and Thatcher administrations,... family
paid the Washington public relations firm Brown Lloyd James ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/world/middl... -

frank wrote:

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He exists in the head of 2 Billion Mus'

Well, a lie is a lie as long it is lie. No Allah, no religion without a fake!

arbitrageur wrote:

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Civilian deaths in the precursors to WWII started early thirties.
If you are totally against civilian deaths you could start in China and Germany.
If you are going to throw hype around at least freshen up on history a little bit.

Well, it was the Western Allieds who bomb the civilian population for instance in German cities to ashes in WWII. Right you are the Nazis started this kind of bombing. But it is still a barbaric act of war fare. Remember the American general who wanted Korea bomb back in the Stone age?

arbitrageur wrote:

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Civilian deaths in the precursors to WWII started early thirties.
If you are totally against civilian deaths you could start in China and Germany.
If you are going to throw hype around at least freshen up on history a little bit.

Do you mean the 400 years war against the Native population in the Americas? You better don`t fight with me on the field of history.

arbitrageur wrote:

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Capitalism kept fascists like you from ruling the world.
I'm really sorry you are not happy about that.

It was the American Imperialists which did much to arm the Nazis. Only when the USA feard the conquering of Western Europe by the Soviets they started WWII in Europe. In Japan the Atom bombs prevented the entering of the Soviets into this country.

arbitrageur wrote:

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Capitalism kept fascists like you from ruling the world.
I'm really sorry you are not happy about that.

Capitalism is not holding back Fascism. H
The Soviet Union was the main enemy of the fascists. Now fascism is again raising its ugly head all over the world.

arbitrageur wrote:

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So I'm getting closer to your real inner thoughts from your "nazi school" education. Not too far off, was I?
Perhaps an old Nazi, not a Neo.

I am not calling names. Thie is not my mettie. So go ahead.

canadian crusty wrote:

<quoted text>probably ...eventually,,, with more loss of life

This is a lie. Japan would have been an end already.

Romney Is Obama and Bush wrote:

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Zero fakes in the bible.
Everything that was prophesied has materialized.
The next to come will be the false peace and the betrayal of Israel by the whole world.
If JESUS was fake then YOU have nothing to worry about.
Can Henry create the Sun and the Earth?
I Think Not!
BTW: Who is our image and our likeness?
Genesis 1:26-27
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Well,fairy tale, not all are so harmless.

canadian crusty wrote:

<quoted text>Do you think Iran is being punished by Allah?
Earthquakes and sanctions are tough medicine

Earthquakes have not the slightest to do with Allah.

arbitrageur wrote:

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Normally, I may dislike those who were either born into wealth or married into wealth, such as Kerry.
I respect those men and women who made it on their own.
Why do you hate the ones that made it on their own?

Why do I hate the rich one and not the 99%??

Henry wrote:

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Guantanamo is unlawful in the hands of the American Imperialists. It is part of Cuba no one else. The American Imperialists wont Guantanamo in order to have a hold (unlawful)on Cuban soil. Thats all why they cling to Guantanamo.

Please try spelling correctly if you want to be understood.

The Cuban-American treaty freed Cuba from Spanish rule.

Would you prefer Cuba under Spanish colonial rule?

In terms of imperialism, that is.

Do you have your wires crossed? There are much better examples.

Germany, for instance. Forget across the pond.

Henry wrote:

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Is there any press except the alligator press of importance! What a joke there should be a press "look high-minded"...perhaps the phony Bible??

Fascists like you would certainly suppress freedom of the press.

I'd much rather have good press mixed with mediocre and horrible press than none at all.

Henry wrote:

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I am not a billionair, not even a Millionair. Quite "terrible": I belong to the 99% exploited ones. I was lucky not have been killed in one of the many capitalist wars up to this end. Perhaps Fukushima has not crept to my body yet. No thank you for the many (terrible) capitalist "benefits".

You seem filled with slogans and catch words.

Do you have a master?

Henry wrote:

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Well, it was the Western Allieds who bomb the civilian population for instance in German cities to ashes in WWII. Right you are the Nazis started this kind of bombing. But it is still a barbaric act of war fare. Remember the American general who wanted Korea bomb back in the Stone age?

No, I was starting back the Japanese in China and in your own neck of the woods early thirties. The Nazis started with just killing and deporting your most favorite civilians, and destroying their property. Bombing came later, as well as burning, but this was before those damn Americans started their moves East and West.

The Brits were bombing, and being bombed, long before the Americans got into the act.

How can you live with yourself?

Henry wrote:

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Do you mean the 400 years war against the Native population in the Americas? You better don`t fight with me on the field of history.

You must mean 500 years, or more, with the Spanish and Portuguese coming up first on the list. Mostly Spanish, I'm thinking, for the purposes of your argument.

Not to mention my ancestors, who got to the New World in the lat 900's before the Native Americans, stayed for awhile, had some skirmishes, then left the real estate to them.

Henry wrote:

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It was the American Imperialists which did much to arm the Nazis. Only when the USA feard the conquering of Western Europe by the Soviets they started WWII in Europe. In Japan the Atom bombs prevented the entering of the Soviets into this country.

You'll have to be more specific, because sweeping generalities don't really cut good debate. I'm sure some people and companies had relationships, as they have had for 500 years before, if that is what you mean.

Lend-Lease (some historical reference)

Lend-Lease (Public Law 77-11)[1] was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of World War II in Europe in September 1939 but nine months before the U.S. entered the war in December 1941. Formally titled An Act to Further Promote the Defense of the United States, the Act effectively ended the United States' pretense of neutrality.

A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to $647 billion today) worth of supplies were shipped:$31.4 billion to Britain,$11.3 billion to the Soviet Union,$3.2 billion to France, and $1.6 billion to China. Reverse Lend-Lease comprised services such as rent on air bases that went to the U.S., and totaled $7.8 billion; of this,$6.8 billion came from the British and the Commonwealth. The terms of the agreement provided that the materiel were to be used until time for their return or destruction. Supplies after the termination date were sold to Britain at a discount for £1.075 billion using long-term loans from the United States. Canada operated a similar program that sent $4.7 billion in supplies to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.[2] The United States did not charge for aid supplied under this legislation.

This program was a decisive step away from non-interventionist policy, which had dominated United States foreign relations since the end of World War I, towards international involvement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease

>>>Let's see, where was the Soviet Advance on Europe in 1941?

Let's see, in March of 1941 - where was the Soviet advance?

You must mean agreement?

June 22

On this day in 1941, over 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front.

Despite the fact that Germany and Russia had signed a "pact" in 1939, each guaranteeing the other a specific region of influence without interference from the other, suspicion remained high. When the Soviet Union invaded Rumania in 1940, Hitler saw a threat to his Balkan oil supply. He immediately responded by moving two armored and 10 infantry divisions into Poland, posing a counterthreat to Russia. But what began as a defensive move turned into a plan for a German first-strike. Despite warnings from his advisers that Germany could not fight the war on two fronts (as Germany's experience in World War I proved), Hitler became convinced that England was holding out against German assaults, refusing to surrender, because it had struck a secret deal with Russia. Fearing he would be "strangled" from the East and the West, he created, in December 1940, "Directive No. 21: Case Barbarossa"–the plan to invade and occupy the very nation he had actually asked to join the Axis only a month before!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ge...

Henry wrote:

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It was the American Imperialists which did much to arm the Nazis. Only when the USA feard the conquering of Western Europe by the Soviets they started WWII in Europe. In Japan the Atom bombs prevented the entering of the Soviets into this country.

I'm sure people and companies had relationships, all over, Mr. Henry, like they had had for 500 years.

But I think you are chronologically challenged:

Lend Lease starts in March 1941:

Lend-Lease (Public Law 77-11)[1] was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of World War II in Europe in September 1939 but nine months before the U.S. entered the war in December 1941. Formally titled An Act to Further Promote the Defense of the United States, the Act effectively ended the United States' pretense of neutrality.

A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to $647 billion today) worth of supplies were shipped:$31.4 billion to Britain,$11.3 billion to the Soviet Union,$3.2 billion to France, and $1.6 billion to China. Reverse Lend-Lease comprised services such as rent on air bases that went to the U.S., and totaled $7.8 billion; of this,$6.8 billion came from the British and the Commonwealth. The terms of the agreement provided that the materiel were to be used until time for their return or destruction. Supplies after the termination date were sold to Britain at a discount for £1.075 billion using long-term loans from the United States. Canada operated a similar program that sent $4.7 billion in supplies to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.[2] The United States did not charge for aid supplied under this legislation.

This program was a decisive step away from non-interventionist policy, which had dominated United States foreign relations since the end of World War I, towards international involvement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease

Just a couple of months later, how was that Soviet advance on Europe coming?

On this day in 1941, over 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front.

Despite the fact that Germany and Russia had signed a "pact" in 1939, each guaranteeing the other a specific region of influence without interference from the other, suspicion remained high. When the Soviet Union invaded Rumania in 1940, Hitler saw a threat to his Balkan oil supply. He immediately responded by moving two armored and 10 infantry divisions into Poland, posing a counterthreat to Russia. But what began as a defensive move turned into a plan for a German first-strike. Despite warnings from his advisers that Germany could not fight the war on two fronts (as Germany's experience in World War I proved), Hitler became convinced that England was holding out against German assaults, refusing to surrender, because it had struck a secret deal with Russia. Fearing he would be "strangled" from the East and the West, he created, in December 1940, "Directive No. 21: Case Barbarossa"–the plan to invade and occupy the very nation he had actually asked to join the Axis only a month before!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ge...