August 19th, 2011
10:53 AM ET

EU mulls tough sanctions on Syria as deaths mount

A day after the United States imposed stiff economic sanctions on Syria, European nations met Friday to consider their own stiff measures.

But on the ground in Syria, security forces continued their tough offensive against protesters on Friday and reports have emerged of at least 17 deaths, despite the intensified world pressure for President Bashar al-Assad to halt the violence and step down.

The European Union's political security committee was meeting in Brussels, Belgium to discuss options for toughening economic sanctions against Syria.

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  1. saywhat

    @ George Patton

    well said.
    History bears witness that great nations who forget soul searching , cannot accept their follies & learn from lessons of history cannot retain their greatness.
    Always trying to find demons elsewhere is what we have been doing for quite a while. The consequences stare at us in the face today.

    August 19, 2011 at 5:31 pm | Report abuse |
  2. Joey Isotta-Fraschini

    What we need to do here is to adopt a laissez-fair policy toward Syria since we have absolutely no right to say who will rule that country and who will not. We need to rid ourselves of our own arrogance and self-righteousness and quit trying to bully the rest of the world! It's both wrong and extremely stupid!!!

    August 19, 2011 at 8:09 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Joey Isotta-Fraschini

    Good post George Patton,thank you. You said it all.

    August 19, 2011 at 8:59 pm | Report abuse |
  4. Cesar

    Hi fakes. I itch below my waist. Both in front and back. Scratch me? Please? I'll pay you.

    August 19, 2011 at 9:59 pm | Report abuse |
    • Cesar

      Please, if you're going to post your Tea Party jokes here like the one above, use someone else's name, will you? It makes me look like another mindless Tea Partier of which I'm definately not!!!

      August 20, 2011 at 8:08 am | Report abuse |
  5. saywhat

    Don't worry @ Cesar. We can tell when the real Cesar posts.

    @ JIF

    agree. absolutely.

    August 20, 2011 at 1:39 pm | Report abuse |
  6. Cesar

    Please, if you’re going to post your Liberal jokes here like the one above, use someone else’s name, will you? It makes me look like another mindless Democrat of which I’m definately not!!!

    August 20, 2011 at 1:50 pm | Report abuse |
  7. Joey Isotta-Fraschini

    I see that this liberal, mindless troll got you this time, George. As one can plainly see above at both (10:58) and (1:35), he already trolled me twice here at this post. I guess that we’ll just have to live with it since CNN obviously has no intentions of doing anything about it!!!
    Actually, if CNN DID do anything about it, I would never be able to post again, since every name I use, I stole.

    August 20, 2011 at 1:55 pm | Report abuse |
  8. banasy©

    ...And the Troll Patrol goes on...

    Hi, Cesar.
    I see the Tea Party Basher Troll got you and JIF *again*.
    I'm sending you, through osmosis, a cold Bud Light in a glass.
    Not from the Olive Garden, though, sorry.
    JIF's on his own.

    August 20, 2011 at 2:32 pm | Report abuse |
    • RUFFNUTT

      You Tea Partiers may not have much on your minds but you do make very good trolls here, I have to admit. If these subjects that we're talking about here were not so serious, I'd laugh!

      August 20, 2011 at 4:19 pm | Report abuse |
  9. RUFFNUTT

    I, as a Tea Partier, may not have much on my mind, but I DO make a very good troll here, you must admit. If I had any clue about the subjects that we’re talking about here, thad'd be the first. But it's more fun to steal names and drone on and on about my mindless Tea Party obsession and how much I really admire them.
    Ignore me. My wife does.

    August 20, 2011 at 11:18 pm | Report abuse |
    • Gary Johndro

      Thank you for trolling RUFFNUTT, whoever you are. With people like RUFFNUTT, how are we supposed to get a decent war off the ground? We can use more trolls like you to put these intellectuals in their place! YABBA-DABBA-DOO!!!

      August 21, 2011 at 7:08 am | Report abuse |
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