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Obama and Turkey are going to work together to "strengthen the Syrian opposition" and "put more pres

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[QUOTE=NoDachi;40688783]Its funny how facepunch flips total shit over syria now without even understanding a fraction of whats actually going on omg dem rebels support assad islamists islamistssss [I][U]ISSAMANSISTS[/U][/I][/QUOTE] typical muslamic post haven't you heard the REBEL ORGANIZATION is entirely composed of ISLAMISTS????

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;40686403]Because that worked [I]so well[/I] with Australia.[/QUOTE] I still send postcards to my mates Bruce, Bruce, and Bruce

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;40685909]So Russia China - - - - - - - - - - - - - Iran Syria ----------------------- 'Rebels' Turkey Saudi Arabia? Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - - USA[/QUOTE] Gotta think Israel would prefer Assad. Preferable to deal with one crazy asshole than an unknown amount of rebel assholes with varying degrees of craziness.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;40688783]Its funny how facepunch flips total shit over syria now without even understanding a fraction of whats actually going on omg dem rebels support assad islamists islamistssss [I][U]ISSAMANSISTS[/U][/I][/QUOTE] The choices are secular religious ethnic cleansing or religious religious ethnic cleansing so idk either choice is pretty awful [editline]19th May 2013[/editline] maybe not necessarily 'ethnic' but you get the idea

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;40695031]The choices are secular religious ethnic cleansing or religious religious ethnic cleansing so idk either choice is pretty awful [editline]19th May 2013[/editline] maybe not necessarily 'ethnic' but you get the idea[/QUOTE] That's not the point though. Many people here are making the mistake of lumping all the rebels into some kind of all-encompassing "rebel faction" while it's been made explicit many times that the Syrian opposition is composed of many different groups and grows more fragmented every day. This war is far from over. If Assad falls, the fragile alliance between secularists and Islamists will be broken, and the fighting [I]will[/I] continue. From there it's all up to the Syrian people. Supporting Assad because of said Islamists being part of the rebellion is fucking stupid. We're talking about the man who started this whole carnage in the first place, ordering militias to open fire on peaceful protesters and ordering the military to actively target civilians, intelectuals and hospitals. Supporting him is wrong on so many levels that I shouldn't even have to explain why.

I wouldn't go so far to deny a 'rebel faction' exists (or existed), you've got to remember these groups have previously worked together and probably still do. Just because the opposition is fragmented doesn't detract from how worrying it is they are paying lip service to groups such as Jabhat Al-Nursa. The only cool people in this whole shitfest are the Kurds

those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it

[QUOTE=I Know Karate;40694823]Gotta think Israel would prefer Assad. Preferable to deal with one crazy asshole than an unknown amount of rebel assholes with varying degrees of craziness.[/QUOTE] Except the USA is against Assad, but the USA is also in bed with Israel, so how is that going to work? :tinfoil:

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