Re: Scores killed in regime attack on Aleppo
WRONG. I think Assad is bad because of what he is doing, and the particular scale he is doing it on. Others here like Asssad because of his (lack of) religious views…and I think you probably fall into that category. Hey, the guy’s all right as long as he’s not AlQ right? Best of the worst?
If he was a Sunni dictator…like Saddam? I sided with the Shias throughout…Iran was in the right and fought the right fight. They were invaded. Saddam was a brute and a tyrant . I see him and Assad is being pretty much the same. I was fond of Al Sadr during the American invasion, and his attempts at bringing a united front up against occupation. I’m willing to enumerate Saddam’s crimes and put him and his supporters squarely responsible for them. So, spare me this sectarian finger waving…you don’t know me Mr. Khan. I’m very well capable of calling a spade a spade, in spite of sect.
So now…the real question is…how many civilians must a secular dictator massacre before YOU give up support for him. And no, calling him a brute or other names is not sufficient…you must at the very least acknowledge the scope and breadth of his crimes and at the very least show how the rebels are equivalent before I’m willing to consider that Assad is not some special kind of a-hole.