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In reply to the discussion: Russian Warships Head To Syria In Show Of Power [View all]jzodda
(2,124 posts)To somehow justify non intervention and support the regime you are trying to change the nature of the conflict by substituting the words Government vs Rebels to Sunni vs. Shia.
Its a false equivalence. There is still a right and wrong. If it so happens that it breaks down demographically that most rebels are Sunni and the gov forces are Shia, Allawite and Christian then so be it.
It does not change the fact that the rebels are fighting the gov. It does not change the fact that the gov has used terrible tactics vs civilians, and far more than the rebels. The rebels are not using tanks, the rebels are not using airstrikes, or ground to ground missiles. The rebels have hardly any heavy weapons.
Just about EVERY ngo as well as the UN has said that while there have been atrocities committed by both sides its overwhelmingly lopsided in favor of the gov forces.
All your convoluted and twisted lingo to try and somehow support Assad does not in the end hold any water. The only trump card that supporters of Assad and his thugs have left is to try and put forth the notion that this is a religious conflict and that he rebels are all terrorists. Well its not going to work.
To be clear though I don't support intervention either. Not directly at least. The US can't always be the worlds police force. We have our own problems to work through.
If You really want to know more about the current state of the conflict on the ground and who makes up rebel forces watch this great 25:00 video on AlJazeera.
Its titled "Syria: Shifting the strategic balance"
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidesyria/2013/02/2013217115930168889.html