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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
This thread has been, so far, a laugh riot.
Here are some things I find particularly hilarious, in ascending order:
3. Obliviousness to the differences in Syrian society; e.g., pretending there are no major differences between Alawites, Christians, & Sunni. Seems like some lazybones should look at the demographic compostion of the government and army.
2. The notion that this is was some sort of spontaneous, internal uprising. The reality is this is part of a global conflict, played out by animated regional actors (primarily Iran & Saudi Arabia and their associated proxies) at the discretion of their associated global hegemonys.
1. That violence delegitimizes a Government and/or that Democracy is somehow more legitimate than other forms of Governance.
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Well, I think most are not "pretending" that this isn't part of a larger war within Islam. Saudi Arabia is the biggest sponsor of the opposition groups. Simply put, do you as a matter of principal, want the Assad regime gotten rid of or not. Let alone all the politics, let alone whether the opposition might have equally crazy elements. Because if not, say what you might about violence, but human beings dead in the 100,000s? And this in 2013 after having been through so many genocides? That is a tragedy.