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I haven't gone out and tried to meet Syrians but the one I did with family living there says most people support the government and this idea of a rebellion is being fed by the press and not by the reality on the ground.
Originally posted by ManBehindTheMask
I love how the US is already the evil invading country trying to destroy syria, and we dont have any forces on the ground there .................
Just as you accuse people of eating the western media propaganda...........
I urge you to not spread propaganda about the US being an evil invading force on syria.........when we havent set foot on their area.........edit on 10-12-2012 by ManBehindTheMask because: (no reason given)
Much of the Russian political opposition consists of foreign-paid agents, and once the law passes leading elements of the Russian political opposition will have to sign in with the Russian Ministry of Justice as foreign agents of Washington. The Itar-Tass News Agency reported on July 3 that there are about 1,000 organizations in Russia that are funded from abroad and engaged in political activity. Try to imagine the outcry if the Russians were funding 1,000 organizations in the US engaged in an effort to turn America into a Russian puppet state.(In the US the Russians would find a lot of competition from Israel.)
The Washington-funded Russian political opposition masquerades behind “human rights” and says it works to “open Russia.” What the disloyal and treasonous Washington-funded Russian “political opposition” means by “open Russia” is to open Russia for brainwashing by Western propaganda, to open Russia to economic plunder by the West, and to open Russia to having its domestic and foreign policies determined by Washington.
“Non-governmental organizations” are very governmental. They have played pivotal roles in both financing and running the various “color revolutions” that have established American puppet states in former constituent parts of the Soviet Empire. NGOs have been called “coup d’etat machines,” and they have served Washington well in this role. They are currently working in Venezuela against Chavez.
Originally posted by circuitsports
With all of this pre kick off war hype about bombings, murders and chemical weapons one has to ask the simple and hopefully unavoidable question on ATS
Has anyone actually talked to a Syrian living in Syria about Syria?
Or is everyone drinking from the same media well and making the same assumptions?
It seems like every time we invade a country for war or charity they forget to ask the you remember them, people who live there, what they think.
I haven't gone out and tried to meet Syrians but the one I did with family living there says most people support the government and this idea of a rebellion is being fed by the press and not by the reality on the ground.
Originally posted by clay2 baraka
I'll answer your question with a question..
Was your Syrian friend a member of the Alawite minority who currently are in power over the majority Sunni. If so, the person has a lot to lose if Assad is forced out...edit on 12/10/2012 by clay2 baraka because: (no reason given)
edward dark (@edwardedark)
Posted Tuesday 11th December 2012 from Twitlonger
I am posting here my answer to a reporter about the humanitarian situation in Aleppo, plz read & spread #Syria :
To address your questions, Aleppo has been in a worsening situation ever since rebels stormed it in late July, but now the situation is nearing a catastrophe, thousands will die of mass starvation very soon if nothing is done.
The people most affected are obviously the poorer classes, and those are usually found in the areas under rebel control. the main staple food for most people here is bread, which used to be made in government subsidized bakeries and sold for about 25 lira a bag before the current crisis. now it sells for 200-250, if you can find any. so more than 10x increase, which means people cant afford it which means a lot of people are now facing starvation. the reason for the bakeries shutting down is a lack of diesel fuel to run them, and no materials for making bread as the grain storage silos of the city were looted by rebels and sold off to buy weapons.
the prices for everything, including basic goods has shot up 100% and more. there are no jobs because most businesses and factories have shut down, and people who were once middle class are now in poverty.
all the gas stations in the city closed down when the rebels arrived, so you can only buy petrol at black market vendors and smugglers for 4x normal prices. there is no cooking gas, and no heating oil. the power and water supply is cut off for days at a time in the city, some neighborhoods, both in rich and poor areas, regime controlled or rebel controlled havent had electricity for 2 weeks now because damage to the power grid isnt getting repaired. the only way people can get warm is to chop down trees in the streets and use them for firewood. a lot of the city's trees are now gone.
both regime and rebels dont care and are not providing any aid or assistance to the people. what little aid there is either comes from private donors, or the Syrian red crescent, the only NGO working in Aleppo at this time, but the aid is no where near enough.
Please let the world know about the desperate situation here, thanks