Obama Blasts Syria For ‘Outrageous’ Use of Violence Against Protesters
- Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:56pm by
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WASHINGTON (AP/THE BLAZE) — President Barack Obama is condemning the latest use of force by Syria against anti-government demonstrators and says the regime’s “outrageous” use of violence against the protesters must “end now.”
The Blaze reported on today’s Syrian violence here and here.
At least 75 people were killed Friday—including a young boy who was shot in the head—when Syrian security forces fired bullets and tear gas at thousands of protesters across the country. It was the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising against President Bashar Assad.
In a statement, Obama says Syria’s moves a day earlier to repeal a decades-old emergency law and allow peaceful demonstrations were not serious in light of Friday’s events.
He called on Assad to change course and obey the will of his people by giving them what they seek – freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly and the ability to choose their leaders.




















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ARIZONA VETERAN
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:33pm75 down, 2 billion to go….
Report Post »threecats407
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 10:04pmIt’s a start.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 2:00amRight. Someone needs to stop the Obama administration now. Who cares about Syria or Libya? I don’t.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:32pmhey liittle barry boy – how about denouncing the outrageous acts of violence by your union thugs and chicago thugs? That would be a good thing. Again, redirect the attention
Report Post »Rached Madcow SHOW
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:32pmObama can not allow this to happen. It reminds him of Israel and their attacks on poor defenseless Palestine.
Report Post »You are not fooling anybody Obama. We all know “Responsibility To Respect” is a trojan horse to attack Israel. Your Government is not transparent but your motives are.
streetrodder
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:19pmThey better watch out, Barrys really mad now!
Report Post »ARIZONA VETERAN
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:33pmjust wait til anthony weiner gets all mad on the senate floor!!
Report Post »Da Kingfish
Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:29amHow can u tell, did he get a tingle up his leg, whoops, thats Mad Cow and Fiend!
Report Post »DwellingInTheRottenApple
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:02pmYeah you tell ‘em Barry! That‘ll get ’em to stop! Loser
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:01pmthose silly old dems just can’t make up their minds…one day the despots are great, the next they are evil…pathetic…while we watch America burn..
Report Post »copperstatekid
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:56pmWow, when is Comrade Obama going to stir up all the Mexicans with food shortages and riots for worker’s rights in Mexico?? Guess which direction the hungry hordes from Mexico will be heading in order to feed their screaming bellies? I live in Arizona and it is a scary thought. If we were invaded, do you think the Fed’s would do anything? Don’t count on it.
Report Post »Da Kingfish
Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:26amDo you know how to shoot a firearm, baseball bat, 2×4, better learn, better still, start stocking the Rio grande with alligators and cotton mouths.
Report Post »mavsfan75
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:56pmWell Obama is the one that said Rise UP…and now look what’s happening!
Report Post »xcblur
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:56pmwhat about Bahrain, Barry?
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:52pmOh no – Is Barry going to launch another unprovoked (and unexplained) war against Syria as he did in Libya?
Report Post »Mister_Bill
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:41pmNo, NO, that is the wrong war to get into, Syria has Iranian connections and Syria is on the border to Israel. May 15th is coming up soon. That is when there is supposed to be the unorganized uprising against Israel by the Palestinians. Mr Obamunist will not do anything to disrupt the unrest building against Israel. If the people started protesting their own government they would not try to destroy Israel.
Report Post »copperstatekid
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:49pmPresident Barack Obama is condemning the latest use of force by Syria against anti-government demonstrators and says the regime’s “outrageous” use of violence against the protesters must “end now.” The President made this statement during a pause in his partying with movie stars, music stars, facebook creators.
Will the Commie-in-Chief set up no fly zones and send in drones? It’s not just Syria where this is occuring. I hope it can be proven one day that the President was involved in creating this world turmoil and be fully prosecuted for it.
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:48pmThey have been doing this for ever. I hope he doesnt get the U.S. tangled up in this too. He has already gone too far with Lybia. No more loss of Americans lives in muslim countries. Bring them all home now and they will help save our Country, along with the people that repsect them for their bravery. Lotus.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:47pmSounds like trouble Obama.
Maybe you should launch some missles over there just before you take the family for another vacation.
You can sort out the details afterwards while on your campaign trail.
Jack@$$.
Report Post »UnreconstructedLibertarian
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:41pmI’m getting an eerie feeling that the people of the USA are getting set-up.
Its not a far stretch from the “right to protect” doctrine putting our military at risk in foreign lands – to the “right to protect” being applied at home when the Liberal Socialists finally get a provoked butt-whippin.
Are you seeing any uncomfortable paralells here?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:51pmCatch22.
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 11:50pmRemember the “civilian protection force” Obama talked about in his campaign? Equally armed as the military? Take all the “muslim converts” from the prison system arm them and give them orders to “protect the peace”.
I would not put it past Obama to try to pull it off.
Report Post »cja23
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 6:58pmWhy the heck does this country need a military JUST AS WELL FUNDED, JUST AS WELL TRAINED AS THE UNITED STATES MILITARY (stated by Obama while campaigning in 2008)? What the heck is that all about? None of the State Run Media every asked him what that statement meant (shocker). Aren’t you curious?
Report Post »ED4237
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:41pmLet the Syrians worry about Syria. We need to get out of the whole mideast altogether. If we don‘t get out soon we’ll get stuck there helping out everybody there under this human rights moffia president. They hate the military except when they say we need to stop the abuses on people, they need to do it themseleves and maybe they’ll apperciate freedom more. This not a democracy movement at all these people don’t want our style of government just someone else telling them how to live.
Report Post »REVENANT
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:37pmI can’t figure out if Obama is with the Shia, or the Sunni.
Report Post »Whostolemypig
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:40pmObama can’t figure it out either. He just flips a coin when an answer is needed.
Report Post »obamaphobia
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:46pmHE IS both there muslim brother the ememy of my ememy is HIS FRIEND
Report Post »brokenwolf
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 12:03ami thought he was for the muslim brotherhood…he seems to want to do everything he can to help them take over the middle east
Report Post »obamaphobia
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:36pmTHEY LOVE IT when a plan comes 2gether …… awful funny how all this uprising comes under BHO WATCH …. Im getting sick of watching him destroy our country……………………………………………….
Report Post »Humbaba
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:34pmI am amazed that some people think that the US or UN would actually intervene militarily in Syria. There are absolutely no parallels between Syria and Libya, whose geography is conducive to invasions. Let us not forget that Libya sits right on the Mediterranean Sea near Italy. It is much easier therefore to launch attacks from ships and Italian bases. Syria on the other hand is much further away from the European states. Not only that but Syria is politically connected with Iran. That fact alone would prevent any foreign invasion.
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:33pmThe President and State department condemning these acts must be sooo intimidating to these evil leaders….
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:18pmI wonder Obama boy king, what are you planing for Joe citizen in America when your Boss Soros says “NOW” ? I’ve a feeling there will be no one who comes to our rescue, you’ve managed to alienate all our allies but munch in chief.
Report Post »Biding time, that’s all we are doing, biding time.
Like Glenn, I agree those who can be reached , have been reached. I am as I am you are as you are. Biding time.
Did anyone else notice that Glenn did not say he was leaving FOX, that he just said he was leaving the five o’clock slot?
So if this is a Octavian moment, what’s the citizen to do? If Obama puts himself as emperor and leaves a “form but no function” congress (kind of like we have now?) then we are stuck IMHO. But if we someone moves early, the movers set off the “top down” and we are stuck IMHO. Can anyone say Catch-22?
Earendil
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:43pmI don’t know that I agree that “everyone who can be reached, has been reached.” I know a lot of young people who simply do not pay attention to the news – they don‘t know what’s going on. But once they realize what is happening, they are definitely on the right side. Don’t give up on warning people!
Some people are only just waking up now… and some are still in a confused slumber. We need to have the information ready for them, so they can understand who the major players are, where they came from, what their motives are, and what the intended result is – and why their wrong, and what the right thing is, and why it is right.
By the way, if anyone can point me to a resource that does that in an efficient manner, I would definitely pass it on to my friends. It’s hard to get the point across by just sending links to news stories and hoping they will read them.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:50pmTry the book “Shadow party”, it begins with Soros and lays it all out plain as day.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:58pm@Betterdays
His follow up book didn’t do so good, “Shadow Puppets”.
That was a good book though.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:33pmI haven’t read that one, yet.
Report Post »I’m re reading Sacred Fire, just to get a more complete understanding of George.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:39pmShadow puppets is a joke of course. Sacred Fire is awesome. I wish I could have served under Washington, what a great man.
Report Post »citygirl56
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:14pmObama needs to keep his grubby fingers out of everyone else’s pie. Our money is best left at home not being spread out all over the world. Let them take care of their own problems and let us take care of ours.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:12pmObama should just shut his mouth….he’s polluting the air!
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:20pmBy his definition of polluting, you’re absolutely right. Let‘s not forget he’s using good oxygen, too.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:29pmOn earth day he is emitting all this CO2?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:29pm@Lynn
Report Post »Don’t worry the EPA only fights against imaginary pollution and global cooling, I mean warming.
thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:11pmI do not care about Syria…..how about some equal rights for white people in this country….
Report Post »Obama is trying to bankrupt us and get us involved everywhere.
mill
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:28pmAGREED!!…I think we are next..
Really I’m surprised Obama is still in office. He panders to the fools of America and the world,
What country would listen to this man? He has spoken and you will notice they are snapping to over there in the middel east. fools
Report Post »cja23
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 6:50pmYa think!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:07pmso, how long till he and the U.N. decide to use the responsibility to protect act and intervene?
or, since they have already set precedent in its use, they dont need it until they are ready to use it against Israel and sometime in the future, American citizens ???
obamas hypocrasy and inability to do anything is appalling
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:01pmThey probably won’t employ the Responsibility to Protect Act until they can put their boot on the neck of Israel. They will most likely use the very same act to “Protect” us from ourselves if violence erupts here. Bottom up – Top down – inside out. (((GB))) has a new conspiracy theory. Obama is just a prop then they give up the most obvious traitors, and along comes Hillary to save the day. Great show today.
Report Post »ZzzzzYKKKKZZzzzzz
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:10pmThis is the ONE WORLD UN scheme to rid the world of 75% of the population.
Planned Riots. And Piven want to know why American are not rioting.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:02pmI can’t really get outraged over this, I am more upset at the direction my own country is heading.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:03pm^______^______^
Mr bigtalker at it again! Will he stick US’s nose in Syrias business too or sit back and wait to do it via UN/NATO interference not to mention waiting to long to help as they did with Libya (Im not for it but waiting only made things worse).
No outrage here either Darmok only at the words that comes out of bigmouth.
Report Post »Venom
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:06pmI love how he only goes after Libya…least have a uniform stance toward all countries, inconsistency doesn’t work in parenting OR in Politics.
Report Post »GardenoftheGods
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:06pmGotta agree with you. I’m good & damned tired of worrying about what’s going on in the rest of the world…we’ve got real problems right here in the good old USA. Time to stop being the world’s police force & be a secure nation in our own right.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:11pm@GardenoftheGods
Report Post »Hey I was there this weekend, took the dog for a hike.
bikerr
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:16pmIf only the President would have real compassion and thoughts about the Babies being killed in the womb with“ Abortion” rights. Remember Planned parenthood is neither Planned or parenthood.He seems busy sticking his nose and our countries nose in someone else’ s business.Although it is tragic we have other things to stop here.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:19pmGet ready for another “kinetic military action”. Maybe they’ll come up with an even more ridiculous name for this one.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:21pmHave you ever notice that whenever Obami opens his mouth it attracts flies?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:23pm@Darmok:
I have to agree, the time is long past for America to take care of our own problems without being the worlds police; take a look over on the sight of New Zeal, he has a series of articles today about the IMF and its likely new boss Gordon Brown, and the fact America will soon be regulated by them or face sanctions until compliance is enforced.
Please Blazers look at the sight and the article…
http://trevorloudon.com/2011/04/dick-morris-on-video-the-imf-becoming-america%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98new-fuhrer%e2%80%99/
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:24pm@TexasCommonSense:
Indeterminate security deployment.
Project Damascus steal.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:25pmGosh…..Miss Hillary praised Assad for being a “reformer” just a few weeks ago…….what in the world could have changed????……perhaps Assad didn’t pay his $38,500 for our Dear Leader’s fundraiser the other night…….that can get you off of the White House’s “A” list in a big hurry……
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:30pm@Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Report Post »Thanks for the link, interesting story.
lovenfl3
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:38pmSo where is the messiah now with this brutality. Does this not prove once again what a liar Obama is? I thought Libya was about stopping the same thing that is happening here? Obama is the great divider in every way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMRNUGXxII
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:41pmOMG. Does this mean the Pretender in Chief is going to get us mired in War #4?? Give it up Barry Baby we can’t be everywhere. You ain’t Chickenman you more like Chickens***.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:50pmObama: “Ok, how many troops do we have left?”
Cabinet: “Around 50-60 I think, in an Alaskan National Guard Unit”
Obama “Ok, Send them to Syria.”
Cabinet: “Sir, our entire Navy is already deployed”
Obama: “Hmm. Well, send them in on those Cuban refugee boats we confiscated last week”
Cabinet: “Sir, we’ve deployed those to rescue a Brittish woman off of a Cruise Ship”
Obama: “Hmm. Can those Guardsmen swim?”
This guy has the mindset of a Risk game player.
Report Post »Did I take the red pill, or the blue pill….
Can’t tell anymore.
Cemoto78
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:02pmMore empty rhetoric from an empty suit. Obama is a total embarrassment for this country. We have severe problems here and I don’t see him taking any of them on other than possibly replacing his divots on the golf course.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:21pm@My Sacred Honor
Report Post »Hey you old jarhead, how have you been.
Ruler4You
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:32pmR we thinking we have a “responsibility to protect’?
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:41pmAnd what if they dont stop . What then Osama. Whatta you gonna do about it, Huh
Report Post »Itchee Dryback
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:44pmRegardless of what he says, he will support any action that weakens Israel. Does he speak out against Hamas..the Palestinian attacks against a sovereign nation..Hezbollah..the Communist Chinese..Hugo Chavez..Castro..the thug tactics of unions, with any more sincerity that may be needed in the future just so he can point to a sound clip to claim he made a stand against them?
The Republic is not going to survive.
Report Post »Prepare yourselves.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:50pm……..
Report Post »“We will not send troupes.
Okay maybe some advisers, a few F-15′s, maybe a handful of drones,
and a thousand or so Tomahawk’s, as well as having a carrier group standing by offshore,
to help Al Qaeda, I mean, the freedom fighters, but we will not get involved.
ZzzzzYKKKKZZzzzzz
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:00pmThe UN and Unions and Obama started these riots
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:01pmObama is setting the stage……..brace yourself people.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:06pm“President Barack Obama is condemning the latest use of force by Syria against anti-government demonstrators and says the regime’s “outrageous” use of violence against the protesters must “end now.””
Sorry, our President is a wuss and his call for an end to violence in a country he has no control over is a complete joke and the Arab world must be laughing their as*es off at him now and the USA.
Report Post »american1st
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:23pmmore neo-con wars and intervention for the military industrial complex and big banking, the people have had enough of this nonsense and the one party system that supports it, we need to take care of business at home and get our own affairs in order…
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:28pmThe last thing in the world we need right now is a conflict with Syria. Syria and Iran are twin sisters,,,,,you mess with one you will deal with the other.
If Obama starts making talk about ‘defending’ Syrian protesters,,,,brace yourself. Bend over and grab your ankles,,,,cause you are about to be ‘sc**ed.’ And Obama WILL soon make talk about the defense of Syrian protesters. When that happens,,,,you people better start doing some serious, serious soul searching about the chain of events that have transpired in the last two years. Better think real hard.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:50pmI wonder if Obama would be so sympathetic if the conservatives here rose up against the “O” regime. What if the military refused to go without a declaration of war?
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 10:52pmObambi needs to get the jets airborne! He’s missing a chance to fulfill his duty to protect.
At this rate, we need some more tomahawks, gotta be getting low!
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 10:55pmCan’t believe anything obozo says…
Report Post »jzs
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 11:25pmThe President of the United States condemned the indiscriminate slaughter of humans.
Wow, it must take a lot of energy to make something bad out the President condemning violence. But all you good Christians managed to make his statement against violence into statements of hatred against the President. Nice trick. Praise God!
Maybe your pastor on Sunday will talk about how horrible it is for anyone to speak out against indiscriminate violence and death.
True Christians, like you readers here, believe that the President of the United States should support killing innocent civilians, provided they are Muslims. Because they, all of them, want to kill us and will if given the slightest chance.
Report Post »What Would Jesus Vote
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 1:28amthe sad part is, their pastor probably will have something negative to say about it. where do you think they get their marching orders? hilarious that any of the hatemongers on here consider themselves christians. you’re kidding yourselves with your self richeous condemnation of him because of abortion when you show no respect for loss of life either. no wonder christianity is on the decline. it’s a bunch of hypocrites.
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 6:40amYes, let’s mind our OWN business. We have enough problems as it is with Obummer in power.
Report Post »VET4TRUTH
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 6:40amLooks like posturing. I can beat my chest too.
Report Post »28_ID
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 8:44amDitto. Maybe a visit from Hillary Clinton and some UN wonks will make those Syrians tremble in fear!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 10:36amANOTHER WAR on the horizon??? MR. Obama seems to be QUITE the warmonger.. wonder if he will hide behind HILARY again?? or NATO..
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 11:08amThis is what these people do to each other,they have done it for 2000 years and will do it for 2000 more years.they live and breath to die as martyr’s.These are there belief’s.
Why do we think we can change it? what gives us the right?How does this make Americans feel killing our young men and woman to change some countrys BELIEFS?
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 2:03pmDear Mr. President,
I love your picture in this photo. Your credibility is slim to nothing in your own nation, much less the credibility you carry with other nations. You might consider how credibility is lost. Evil in this world does not need to be addressed by someone standing on the side of chaos and social unrest. Evil in this world comes in many forms. People need to be aware of the evil that resides inside a person where they appear to be as a sheep but inwardly they are like a ravenous wolf. HATRED is the fruit of evil.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 3:15pm@ jzs
You missed the point. Obama refuses to protect the American people but insists on butting in, in foreign countries that have not threatened the USA. Under our Constitution… he is in violation of the law. He must have a declaration of war from Congress before he can drop bombs on another country. He also refuses to stop the outright invasion of our southern border and insists the States not protect themselves. We do care, but it is not our job as a nation to kill them to save them.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 5:27pmwow..assad must be shaking in his boots…as he orders scorched earth [policy to end the revolt…we have no business in lib-ya or syria.let allah handle it !
Report Post »cja23
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 6:42pmAmerica is going down the tubes at record speed and Your Presidency is out their campaigning every day and he’s laughing at us sucker middle class when we complain about the high gas prices, telling us to go buy a Prius or $45,000.00 Volt, which we can’t afford anyway..no jobs. I thought after Obamacare was (corruptly passed) Your Presidency was going to focus on JOBS LIKE A LASER BEAM! Just another lie!
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