Finally! The truth is coming out about Syria

AlekSmart

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

The BBC have another revelation about rebel forces, mainly focusing on the spread of Sharia law in rebel held areas. This once relatively secular state is now seemingly heading backwards.

The boy killed for an off-hand remark about God - Sharia spreads in Syria



Public opinion is rapidly turning against these rebel loons.

Oddly enough,I'm sensing a moderating of attitude amongst the "Ordinary decent Muslims" in places such as Egypt and the UK.

Even the revelation that some Syrian Towns were "defecting" back to Al Assad is worthy of note.

Human nature eventually weeds out the abberant bits and is none too gentle about exorcising them either.

There's only so much misery and oppression that endlessly reciting Allah ua Akhbar will excuse...:(

Jimmy Garlic

HansHolzel wrote: »

This is Israel, the US and the EU v Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. Obama is an asshole, just not as bad as Bush. That is why so many millions of Americans vote Democrat. To keep the outright fascists out.

Obama is worse than Bush, with his left cover he can get away with a lot more than bush ever could have. The difference between Republican and Democrat is negligible. The power structure that is above both stays the same regardless.

cyberhog

Syria's Assad says opponents 'used up all tools' to oust regime

Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Thursday that his government had fended off everything his enemies had thrown at him and that the only remaining threat to his rule was a far-off — and improbable — foreign intervention.

In comments to the state-run Al-Thawra newspaper, Assad rejected the idea that what has transpired in Syria for more than two years is a revolution. Instead, he reiterated his past claims that it is a conspiracy by Western and some Arab states to destabilize his country.

Throughout the crisis, Assad has insisted that his government is not facing a popular rebellion, but rather a Western-backed conspiracy against Syria, accusing the rebels fighting to topple his regime of being terrorists, Islamic extremists and mercenaries of the oil-rich Arab Gulf states that are allies of the United States.

"The countries that conspire against Syria have used up all their tools — moral, material and psychological — and they have nothing left except direct (military) intervention and this is too big for them to attain," Assad said in the interview.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/07/04/syria-assad-.html

It should be obvious to most readers by now that the rebels don't have what it takes to topple Assad. The only way forward is for all foreign powers to stop arming the conflict and focus solely on achieving a political solution.

HansHolzel

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Obama is worse than Bush, with his left cover he can get away with a lot more than bush ever could have. The difference between Republican and Democrat is negligible. The power structure that is above both stays the same regardless.

The power structure may be the same but the number of invasions has dropped.

gurramok

cyberhog wrote: »

Syria's Assad says opponents 'used up all tools' to oust regime

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/07/04/syria-assad-.html

It should be obvious to most readers by now that the rebels don't have what it takes to topple Assad. The only way forward is for all foreign powers to stop arming the conflict and focus solely on achieving a political solution.

The conflict has transformed into what Assad wanted, a largely sectarian conflict based on fear in order for him to stay in power at all costs.

It's a bit late to call for foreign powers to stop arming all sides, most arms in the conflict have flowed to Assad from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah hence they have the upper hand. All the opposition have had in the last year or so is foreign Islamist nutjobs flowing in to fill the "lack of armed defence" vacuum in the opposition ranks.

cyberhog

Syrian activists have become disenchanted with democracy after Morsi's fall.

...pro-democracy Syrian activists say Morsi's fall has undermined their faith in Western and Gulf-Arab backed movements against autocratic leaders such as Assad and Morsi's predecessor Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for 30 years.

"Apparently armies in 'democracies' can topple presidents elected by the majority? This is a bad sign for revolutions," said Tareq, an Aleppo-based activist, speaking by Skype.

http://www.firstpost.com/world/syria-rebels-say-egypt-coup-shows-why-democracy-doesnt-work-936247.html

cyberhog

US vetted rebels are allying themselves with al Qaeda affiliates in northern Syria.

By Bill Roggio July 26, 2013

Buried in this Washington Post article on the recent fighting between a PKK faction on one side, and al Qaeda's affiliates in Syria -- the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq -- on the other, is confirmation that other groups are allied with al Qaeda in the fighting in northern Syria.

Three groups, identified as the Ahrar al Sham (a known Syrian Islamist group that is sympathetic to al Qaeda and has fought alongside them in the past), the Ahfad al Rasoul Brigade, and the Islamic Kurdish Front, banded together and announced they would fight together with the Al Nusrah Front against the Kurdish group in northern Syria.

...the leader of the Ahfad al Rasoul Brigade is on the US-backed Arms Committee for the Free Syrian Army-dominated Supreme Military Command. This is the same group that the US government will be arming and funding.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/07/qatar-funded_syrian_rebel_brig.php

Suff

Us admits insurgents on $150 dollar payroll per month, This is why we call them Mercenaries.

In an address to the Aspen Security Forum on 19th July, Barton, responsible for State Department stabilisation operations, did not say how many Syrian police deserters were on the U.S. payroll. He said the officers were receiving about $150 per month, a significant salary in Syria today after the inflation of the Syrian pound, which is the same amount Al Qaeda invaders from Europe said were getting paid.

Full story

Norwesterner

gurramok wrote: »

The conflict has transformed into what Assad wanted, a largely sectarian conflict based on fear in order for him to stay in power at all costs.

It's a bit late to call for foreign powers to stop arming all sides, most arms in the conflict have flowed to Assad from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah hence they have the upper hand. All the opposition have had in the last year or so is foreign Islamist nutjobs flowing in to fill the "lack of armed defence" vacuum in the opposition ranks.

Why on Earth would Assad, who's in a mixed marriage with a Sunni and shares power with a Sunni Vice President and Sunni Prime Minister be interested in a sectarian conflict?
The FSA lost the hearts and minds of the Syrian people, and Assad is on 70% popularity.
Double the popularity ratings of those Presidents in the West calling for his removal.

leo2a6

Jonny7 wrote: »

I just want to remind that when all this started, people were protesting in the streets against the leadership.

To be more precise, kids from Daraa tried to copy what they saw on tv about tunisian and libyan uprisings, wrote on walls : jak dor ya doktor, which means its ur turn doctor ( speakin about Bashar).
They got arrested, tortured and killed. One of them (Hamza Khatib) got emasculated, there was as well cigarette burns on his body.
The families revolted, army fired, some soldiers refused and got killed.
Brave officers decided to create the FSA to end the Assads 40 years rule.