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originally posted by: seeker1963
a reply to: infolurker
President Trump has already addressed that issue.
Create safe zones in Syria that will be protected.
You would have to be blind to not see the game being played on the Western World by these psychopaths supporting this nonsense!
originally posted by: YouSir
originally posted by: seeker1963
a reply to: infolurker
President Trump has already addressed that issue.
Create safe zones in Syria that will be protected.
Ummm...I cant get behind that statement...how about we just back the elected president of Syria and allow his military to safeguard it's citizens...
You would have to be blind to not see the game being played on the Western World by these psychopaths supporting this nonsense!
Now that statement...I totally agree with...
YouSir
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: infolurker
Why do we even care what happens in Syria?
originally posted by: lostinamazement
It's got to the point that I have given up trying to read between the lines and see the big picture. It just seems that with such weak attempts at fighting terrorism are we not just poking and fanning the flames.
How could the western world allow the destruction of full countries.....however create enough fear in the hearts of its people then they will allow the government any power to keep them "safe".
When I first started paying attention to important issues in the world I thought the problem was the government and big business.
How wrong was I.
The problem is us....the people.
We know the danger is growing.
We know they are messing with our food and water.
We know they are pumping us with drugs.
We know they are slaughtering million under our names.
We know they are leaving us the scraps from their grand tables.
Yet we know nothing....because we do nothing.
Everyone needs to take a look at themselves and see how weak they really are. Then we can stop this madness and start living together in peace.
originally posted by: Chadwickus
a reply to: Ohanka
I find it funny that people say that those side with terrorists should be labelled terrorists...when it's the government that is doing the labelling...anyone standing against Assad is a terrorist, Because Assad said so.
Have a look at the link I posted above. Russia has organised peace talks with MODERATE rebels, the terrorists have not been invited.
originally posted by: Chadwickus
a reply to: YouSir
Whatever evidence I present will be dismissed by you, so don your own research, open your mind and get over yourself.
An examination of texts published by Father Frans van der Lugt in 2011 and 2012 shows that the late Dutch Jesuit priest had a dim view of the Syrian rebellion, which he held to be the work of a violent minority, and favored a process of political reform in Syria to be implemented by the current government under President Bashar Al-Assad.
Father Frans was murdered under still unclarified circumstances in the embattled Syrian city of Homs earlier this month.(April 2014)
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From the start, the protest movements were not purely peaceful. From the start I saw armed demonstrators marching along in the protests, who began to shoot at the police first. Very often the violence of the security forces has been a reaction to the brutal violence of the armed rebels.
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Moreover, from the start there has been the problem of the armed groups, which are also part of the opposition….The opposition of the street is much stronger than any other opposition. And this opposition is armed and frequently employs brutality and violence, only in order then to blame the government. Many representatives of the government (regeringsmensen – Father Frans might also be referring to supporters of the government) have been tortured and shot dead by them.
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In the first place, it has to be said that it is very difficult to provide a nuanced and objective account of what is happening. Many journalists fall into describing matters in black and white. For them, good and evil are not interwoven, but are clearly separated. They demonize the one side and glorify the other. Thus, for example, it is not true that our (the Syrian) government has only bad sides and the opposition only good ones. But because the US, Europe and certain Arab countries support the opposition, they endeavor, whether consciously or unconsciously, to idealize it as much as possible, without engaging in any careful analysis of the real situation. Certain interests are obscuring our view of the real situation and contaminating the description of it.
originally posted by: Konduit
ISIS are not bad Muslims... they're the most devout Muslims I've ever seen.