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14. Sorry for not making myself clear. It is not a "bonus" for the Syrian people to have the brutality

Reply to Jefferson23 (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 06:22 PM

Sep 2013

of jihadis added to that of the regime forces.

Syrians have been subjected to the brutality of the Assad father-and-son dictatorships for 40 years. The last thing they need or deserve is more misery piled on them from elsewhere, even the jihadis "may not be as vicious nor as capable in their pursuits as Assad.

If we are going to judge some in the opposition harshly for their brutality, it is on fair to use the same standard to judge the other side.

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Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane's report [View all] Jefferson23 Sep 2013 OP

The armed opposition is a free for all of marauders and militias. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #1

Yea, and we're arming a select group..their choice of words is interesting. n/t Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #3

Yet this collection of "marauders and militia" commit far fewer war crimes than the "professional" pampango Sep 2013 #4

They do? Based on what, exactly? Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #5

The findings of the United Nations and Amnesty International. pampango Sep 2013 #7

Your Amnesty Link is 6 months old - an eternity ago in this conflict riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #10

If you are conceding that government forces committed the "vast majority" of war crimes in the first pampango Sep 2013 #11

Don't misunderstand, Assad is clearly responsible for a great deal of planned murder. What I find Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #13

Sorry for not making myself clear. It is not a "bonus" for the Syrian people to have the brutality pampango Sep 2013 #14

I would agree, they're screwed no matter how you look at it. Yet it is more than Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #15

I suspect it's because they lack the wherewithal. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #6

That may be, but the government deserves no credit for using its firepower (wherewithal) to commit pampango Sep 2013 #9

Really? WovenGems Sep 2013 #2

Again, ProSense Sep 2013 #8

If you would like a response, link the orginal OP and avoid linking to other threads Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #12