Syrian Rebels Struggle To Overcome Infighting and Inexperience

George wrote:

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It is much too late for that, Assad has been butchering Syrians for 14 months, unfortunately backed by Russian weapons he feels very brave, let see how brave he feels with Qatar supplying tanks and Saudi supplying weapons and Turkey supplying both from the other side, I am betting he will want to set down and talk quickly after that.

Ayreshire wrote:

<quoted text>It's easy!! He's a murdering dictator!!

The Alana Kalana Project wrote:

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How is the rebel Free Syrian Army any better than the Assad army?
It is the rebels choice to risking their own children's lives in these dreadful skirmishes with Assad's army not Assad.
One army allows them to be human targets and the other army shoots at them.
The rebels fight like hamas" fighting till there is not one civilian left alive to shield them with"
Don't be so willing to believe Assad would be so eager to end up with a saddam's fate that he would start openly massacring innocent people.

arthur wrote:

<quoted text>Who is going to man and command this armoured armada.With no aircover they might as well stick to walking.Assad has elite armoured divisions that have taken years to build and equip and Assad could use his airforce on a legitimate military formation.Stick with the libya trick, it gives you airpower.

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George wrote:

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This is the observation of the UN Observers, you decide::
The Syrian army on the ground in Houla and their political masters in Damascus say it was the work of “terrorists”, by which they mean the FSA. Soldier after soldier insisted to us that the FSA was a mixture of Afghan, Libyan, Iraq and Moroccan mercenaries. They offered no evidence to support this.
Yet all around you in Houla, there is compelling evidence to suggest it is Syria’s government and Syria’s army who are telling the lies about the massacre on Friday.
The evidence is simply this: the fact that in Houla right now you still find civilians where the FSA control the ground. Yet there are none (except corpses) where the Syrian army is in control.
So you ask yourself this: why do people remain in one area and not the other? Why do civilians apparently feel safe with the rebels? Why have they fled the area controlled by their own government’s army?
We cannot be sure as yet. But since civilians do not feel safe under the protection of their own army it suggests they perceive a link between that army’s shelling and the murderous Shabiha who came afterwards on Friday in Houla and will surely come again.

George wrote:

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This is the observation of the UN Observers,

Avenger wrote:

UN monitors including General Robert Mood, the head of UNSMIS confirm tank fire artillery/mortars were used against Houla a Sunni Muslim town.
Now gee who has tanks and artillery?
And who has a problem with the Sunnis?
Assad regime
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/...

Avenger wrote:

UN monitors including General Robert Mood, the head of UNSMIS confirm tank fire artillery/mortars were used against Houla a Sunni Muslim town.
Now gee who has tanks and artillery?
And who has a problem with the Sunnis?
Assad regime
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/...

The Alana Kalana Project wrote:

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So what are you saying, Assad has a problem with Sunnis or a problem with Sunnis holding rocket launchers?

Dander wrote:

<quoted text>Why would a tank battalion bother tieing up children's hands and put a bullet into their skulls?

Avenger wrote:

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The Armenian Genocide crime is well known.

The Alana Kalana Project wrote:

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Don't you think he will have to do a lot more killing of civilians before you see a comparison to the Armenian Genocide?

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The Alana Kalana Project wrote:

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Another waste of space, and obviously useless waste if all they can do is offer observations after the fact.
Just like the rebel army, a waste, who are getting people killed, and no closer to forcing Assad out. But Turkey keeps arming them for the sake of the blood shed to continue.
And then people like you feel a need to twist them into Rambo like superman that are indispensable to the Syrian people when it is so not true..
So unless someone can find evidence instead that would disprove removing the Syrian Free army's would end the loss life, what you say in their defense is all irrelevant.

Syrian wrote:

<quoted text> EXCELLENT POST Alana!!!

The Alana Kalana Project wrote:

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He is not as bad as Talat pasha,

George wrote:

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Except most of the airforce are Sunni and have already said they will not attack fellow Sunni. I do not know which band are in the elite force so do not have an opinion on that.