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Old 08-05-2012, 04:21 PM   #424
piercehawkeye45
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Originally Posted by tw View Post
Well it amazes me how many just know they are right. The so many who got angry because they just knew smoking cigarettes increase health. Or just knew Saddam had WMDs. In both cases, the facts and numbers said something completely different.
Every situation is different so the cigarette example doesn't apply. Assad probably thought he learned from Mubarak and Gaddafi's mistakes. He did, in some ways, but not enough. Now, he is going to keep digging because he can't escape.
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