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Old 1st Nov 2016, 16:35
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A_Van
 
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I agree with downsizer.


Both sides in Syria are bad and should be stopped and disarmed. However, from the point of view of "our civilization", any secular regime is better than a dictatorship of religious fanatics.


Mass media are now doing very dangerous things. Reporting only negative facts about one side and keep silence about similar acts from another is an everyday practice. E.g., when Al Nusra terrorists (read, Al-Qaeda) were bombed in Eastern Aleppo, the western world got furious about collateral damages and casualties of civil population that was used as a human shield. After the truce (which was used by Al Nusra to re-group and get more weaponry) and 2 weeks of pause in bombing, these terrorists have started an offensive to the western part of the city. And they use not only mortars, but also chemicals (chlorine). In the same way, many civilans including children were killed in the areas controlled by the government (yes, bad government). What was reported by media like Euronews, DW, France 24? It was vaguely said that fighting still goes on, and that Aleppo deserves peace. Right, but why not to "invite the actors" (supported by the West) to an international war tribunal, in the same way as the Assad's gang was "invited"?
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