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In reply to the discussion: Russia has started bombing ISIS/coordinating with Syrian gov. [View all]GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)21. Russia has had troops in Syria since 1971 and they just added to them
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/news/a17452/whats-so-worrying-about-russian-warplanes-and-tanks-in-syria/
Many believe that the start of the civil war was not merely "Assad ordering a violent attack on unarmed protesters" but rather Saudi-backed Islamists, snipers and weapons:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/why-syrians-support-bashar-al-assad/5405208
Many believe that the start of the civil war was not merely "Assad ordering a violent attack on unarmed protesters" but rather Saudi-backed Islamists, snipers and weapons:
Syrians know there were abuses against demonstrators in early 2011; they also know that the President dismissed the Governor of Dara for this. They know that the armed insurrection was not a consequence of the protests but rather a sectarian insurrection that took cover under those rallies. Saudi official Anwar el-Eshki admitted to the BBC that his country had provided weapons to Islamists in Dara, and their rooftop sniping closely resembled the Muslim Brotherhoods failed insurrection in Hama, back in 1982. Hafez al Assad crushed that revolt in a few weeks. Of the incident US intelligence said total casualties were probably about 2,000 including 300 to 400 members of the Muslim Brotherhoods elite militia. The Brotherhood and many western sources have since inflated those numbers, calling it a massacre. Armed Islamists posing as civilian victims have a long history in Syria.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/why-syrians-support-bashar-al-assad/5405208
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I'm not sure I am unhappy about all of this. I think we should let the Russian's own it.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#1
Your posts are a rapidly accelerating gish gallop of unfocused points and accusations.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#22
As always, trying to mischaracterize other folks posts laughing at your lack of logic
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#32
you were an apologist for Gaddafi and now for Assad. And for the homophobic fascist Putin
uhnope
Sep 2015
#113
It's stunning how people refuse to admit Bush started this. It would be too hard to
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#37
For some folks, when the truth doesn't suit their agenda, it's OK to just make stuff up.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#39
I'm not the one who can't get right the group that started the Iraq war. You've changed it several
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#47
You need to calm down. We've seen dozens of posts here laying this all at HRC and BO's feet with no
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#56
Happy? angry? You flatter yourself. And babble on about the east as if someone
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#69
And without a point. Reread that persons posts and see if you can detect an overall
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#82
The point is to derail towards some imaginary conversation they'd prefer to have.
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#125
"Russia is bombing the fuck out of opponents to the brutal dictator Assad"
Jesus Malverde
Sep 2015
#92
you think it's funny that moderate opponents are being slaughtered and you call them terrorists?
uhnope
Sep 2015
#97
We did a lot more than just train the rebels - we flew bombing missions just like Russia and
karynnj
Sep 2015
#5
Even before the first shot was fired in Daraa on 3/18/11, the opposition was armed
leveymg
Sep 2015
#64
Thank you for dissecting the convenient narrative of all this all began.
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2015
#114
Yes, take it with our blessing. What will be interesting going forward is...
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#28
Russia is there to shore up Assad. There's little sign they're going after ISIS as opposed
geek tragedy
Sep 2015
#66
most governments will try to maintain power when faced with violent revolution.
killbotfactory
Oct 2015
#133
Not only Congress, but the American people as well. Some of us have "selective" memories, or....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#80