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Old 29th Aug 2012, 08:15
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ORAC
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My major feeling is one of sympathy - for all involved. This is not a clear cut black and white situation.

You have a civil war with barbarism from both sides (see bombing at funeral in Damascus yesterday).

Sectarian warfare between Shia/Sunni/Alawite fanned by regional faction interests in Turkey/Saudi/Kuwait/Iran etc.

Those in the armed forces who do obey orders to shoot/bomb/shell towns/villages being shot on the spot and their own families/villages being targeted.

How would any of us behave if we were placed in such circumstances? What further atrocities will take place as the civil war develops and which families on either side will escape without lose of family, property, sanity and their own lives?

So, disapproval of their actions, incredible admiration for those brave enough to stande up and refuse to participate whatever the cost - but mainly great sympathy for all those trapped and engulfed in the insanity that is civil war.
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