The_Laconic_Dead
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Simply put, if you remove Assad before you exterminate isis, you will have isis in Damascus, and then it will be nearly impossible to destroy them.
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Whilst I'm pleased to see ISIS losing ground, the strengthening of Assad's position is not conducive to long term peace in the region. The Gulf states will continue to fund resistance against him, as long as he controls part of Syria. There can be no long term peace while he holds onto his position.At this point, I don't see how you can credibly claim not to be a supporter of ISIS.
At this point, I don't see how you can credibly claim not to be a supporter of ISIS.
LoveBeingAMuslimMan the only people being killed by the Syrian government forces are islamists.Nah, only one of us supports people who perform actions like Assad/allies except on a smaller scale. And it's not me.
I am not the one with the following logic
ISIS commits atrocities: bad. destroy them!
Assad commits a greater amount of similar atrocities: oh well. Support him because <3
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They're both evil. Assad is an even greater evil than ISIS, with him and his allies killing ~95% of the documented civilians killed so far in Syria.
Whilst I'm pleased to see ISIS losing ground, the strengthening of Assad's position is not conducive to long term peace in the region. The Gulf states will continue to fund resistance against him, as long as he controls part of Syria. There can be no long term peace while he holds onto his position.
Remember that Assad is a murderous butcher who does not deserve your support.
Q: Has the regime emphasized Christians’ minority status since before the revolution, or have Christians started feeling this way after the revolution?
A: The relationship between Christians and the regime has been constant. It is a trade that has been planted in the hearts of priests, who trade all their political and economic rights for religious rights and freedom to practice their religion.
They go to churches and celebrate their ceremonies but they can’t ask for anything political or economical. The regime chooses some figures to put in positions of power, like ministers or ambassadors, so that they explain that Christians are integrated and benefit from the regime, but the truth is different.
Q: For priests, we heard that people are receiving messages from priests to stay with the regime?
A: We have a problem, I recognize, that a number of priests are connected and have interests with the regime. We are asking the Christian community still in Syria to withstand this, to preserve their numbers because a group can’t have political weight in an emergency if it has left what it considers a hotel, not a nation to be defended.
'Christians are active participants in the Syrian revolution' - Ayman Abdulnour
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At this point, I don't see how you can credibly claim not to be a supporter of ISIS.
Simply put, if you remove Assad before you exterminate isis, you will have isis in Damascus, and then it will be nearly impossible to destroy them.
Once again, twisting the desperate Christian minority to paint them as cut-throats, self-servicing, active participants in the "persecution" of muslims, this is unbelievably low, trying to demonise minority groups.
Its a de-facto and de-jure thing. Officially claiming they don't support ISIS in a bid to "save face"
Hold your horses and reread my post and the article thoroughly. And then maybe don't try to analyze me since you've been wildly off target every time you have thus far like you did directly after you posted the above quoted post:
I despise ISIS probably more than you or others here. Just because I can (through plain facts) recognize that Assad's regime is the worse party between the two does not mean I support the other party.
So again, I'd suggest you stop trying to analyze me since you haven't done so well.
You know we've screwed up when this is the feeling about the issue.The West doesn't care. The only friend that Syrian Christians have is Russia. May God grant Vladimir Putin the strength, the courage and the wisdom to bring peace to this troubled area.
Okay, don't admit to being wrong about the article or your incorrect analysis of me. Keep following me around the forum (like you have been for the past 2-3 years) and make false accusations and interpretations. It just serves to amuse me as does the disparity between your tagline and your behavior.
I despise ISIS probably more than you or others here.
Just because I can (through plain facts) recognize that Assad's regime is the worse party between the two does not mean I support the other party.
You're supporting ISIS while everyone else is opposing them. That's all there is to it.
That's exactly what it means.
For the billionth or so time, can people please get over the "good guy vs. bad guy" Hollywood paradigm? The real world is far more complex, especially in the Middle East, where there are NO unambiguous "Good Guys", the best you can do is pick the least bad guy, and even if you do, there's no guarantee that he'll still be the least bad guy next week.You're supporting ISIS while everyone else is opposing them. That's all there is to it.
That's exactly what it means.