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Question: Would you be willing to personally killing Bashar al-Assad?
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« on: September 02, 2013, 12:52:49 PM »
« edited: September 02, 2013, 02:22:19 PM by post-rock influenced post-emo indie rock »
Just a thought experiment. Imagine for whatever reason he's sitting across from you and you have a loaded gun.
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2013, 01:00:20 PM »
personally killing

Anyway, no. I would never kill another human being (sane)
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2013, 01:24:24 PM »
No, he deserves a trial.
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2013, 01:25:48 PM »
He deserves to linger away in jail for the rest of his life.  Murder is far too merciful.
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2013, 01:39:31 PM »
I'd prefer to arrest him but if killing him was the only option, yes.
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2013, 01:40:19 PM »
I honestly don't know. Shooting him would definitely be the best decision in view of the greater good, but definitely not the right decision, and I don't think I would ever be able to end a life.
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2013, 01:42:27 PM »
Is there a sizeable bounty on his head?
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« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2013, 01:54:57 PM »
Maybe we could wound him just a little... as a compromise, you know.
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2013, 02:31:22 PM »
Yes.

He would use his trial as a political tribune.
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« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2013, 02:32:30 PM »

LOL

Personally no. Anyways what's the point? Doesn't he have a brother, son etc who would take over?
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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2013, 02:58:21 PM »
What are my choices? If I don't shoot him, does he go back to being leader? Or can I arrest him?

If the former, I would shoot him, because killing him would save more lives than not.
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2013, 03:52:47 PM »
Yes.
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2013, 04:24:01 PM »
No, though if I were a citizen of Syria my answer would be yes.
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2013, 04:28:26 PM »
No. I am not Syrian, so it is not my business. I honestly have had a relatively good opinion of him (as far as tyrants go) up until 2011, so it still is kind of hard for me to hate him in the way I hated Qaddafi, Kim Jong Ill, etc.
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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2013, 05:06:59 PM »
No. He's done nothing to me.
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« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2013, 05:09:32 PM »
Quote from: Icehand Gino on September 02, 2013, 02:31:22 PM
Yes.

He would use his trial as a political tribune.
He has a right to say what he wants at his trial, no matter how wrong it may be.
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« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2013, 05:26:02 PM »
If the Ba'ath regime falls, the FSA will turn on itself even more violently. Two sides not violent enough? How about ten sides?
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« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2013, 05:42:12 PM »
No, in fact I strongly prefer him to the alternative.
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« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2013, 06:05:05 PM »
I don't want to go to jail. Tongue

I probably could though.
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« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2013, 06:49:13 PM »
And what I have accomplish by killing the man who's simply going to be replaced by another regime figure, quite possibly even worse? 
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« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2013, 07:11:25 PM »

I keep agreeing with you on foreign policy. Stop being right Wink
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« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2013, 08:01:43 PM »
Note the question asks if you'd be willing. Because yes, I'd be very willing to.

But....

Quote from: Kalwejt on September 02, 2013, 06:49:13 PM
And what I have accomplish by killing the man who's simply going to be replaced by another regime figure, quite possibly even worse? 
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« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2013, 08:16:07 PM »
If that was the scenario, of course I would.
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« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2013, 08:45:12 PM »
Quote from: Kalwejt on September 02, 2013, 06:49:13 PM
And what I have accomplish by killing the man who's simply going to be replaced by another regime figure, quite possibly even worse? 

How much worse could his replacement be? Though I agree with you that it wouldn't change much of anything. I'd still probably kill the bastard though.
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« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2013, 08:47:20 PM »
Of course not, unless for some reason I would know who his successor would be.
Quote from: opebo on September 02, 2013, 05:42:12 PM
No, in fact I strongly prefer him to the alternative.
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