Asking Syrian protestors to remain peaceful in the face of Assad's brutal crackdown is tantamount to asking them to commit suicide and I fear that doing so may eventually pit us against a legitimate opposition instead of against an illegitimate regime.
Ackerman warns against urging Syrian protestors to remain peaceful amid violence.
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Today the Middle East is a very different region than the one I first encountered as a new Member of Congress in 1983.
Yes, Assad must go and we need, from both a moral and a national interest position, to facilitate that effort.
The corruption and the money from corruption, both under the regime of Yasser Arafat and under the current government of Mahmoud Abbas, seems to center on them and their families acquiring all of this money.
We have an interest in strongly supporting a democratic government that respects the rights of its citizens and rule of law.
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