Comments | harlock999: The Syrian Question

harlock999

The Syrian Question

Feb 18, 2012 19:28

Let's first call a spade a spade: Syria is in a state of civil war. People have been wringing their hands about outside intervention leading to civil war--but that train has now left the station. The government is using tanks and artillery, soldiers have deserted to join the other side, and the death toll is at least 6,000 and rising. And the ( Read more... )

arab spring, syria

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shock_and_awww February 23 2012, 18:08:58 UTC

Okay, so let’s make an analogy here. Do you remember the Occupy Wall Street protests that started in your country last autumn and continued nationwide? I’m sure you do. Now, let’s imagine that the OWS protesters grow violent, start fighting the police and even resort to individual terror. Police officers die, government officials die; of course, the protesters themselves suffer casualties, and last but not least - innocent civilians get killed in the crossfire. Now imagine that the so-called International Community declares the OWS movement the victims of the bloody tyrant Obama’s oppressive regime and starts aiding them in numerous ways - one of them igniting a major media war to make the violent insurgents look like harmless victims of the bloodthirsty government. How would you like that, honestly ( ... )

harlock999 February 25 2012, 05:49:40 UTC

I'm afraid that's just not an appropriate analogy. If the OWS movement had started terrorism, it would no longer be Occupy Wall Street, it would be more like the "Symbionese Liberation Army" of decades back. I know of no credible evidence that the Syrian protesters had used deadly violence before their government started attacking them. It is no coincidence that the Assad regime refused to allow foreign journalists to operate inside Syria until the Arab League pressured them to accept ( ... )

shock_and_awww February 25 2012, 11:03:57 UTC

>>I know of no credible evidence that the Syrian protesters had used deadly violence before their government started attacking them.
Oh I’m sure you don’t! With American news agencies broadcasting only the info needed to form the right opinion I’d be surprised if you did. I’ve brought you some interesting sources below, so keep reading if you’re interested.

>>But now that foreign journalists have been killed and numerous YouTube videos have been uploaded, only the most ideologically blinded can still maintain this is a struggle against internal terrorists.
Excuse me, but who exactly is to blame for journalists’ deaths in a war-struck region? Yes, the government is battling internal terrorists, who are backed up by Al-Quaeda and the astoundingly ‘democratic’ regime of Qatar which never ever had any elections (and, by the way, neither had Saudi Arabia - the USA’s closest ally in the Middle East). The journos knew what they were risking there, and it was their choice and their responsibility. I feel sorry for their families though ( ... )