You are right. Assad and his father are criminals. But the coverage where we live is so tilted to the rebels. Everything is reported on rebel side by mainstream media. The other side, the many people who still support the government aren't highlighted at all. Also, most of Assad's army are Sunni Muslims. The higher rank you go, its obviously his Alawi allies at the top, I get that.
The CIA DID train the rebels in Jordan in 2010. They are helping supply them with all this anti-air missiles at the border and obviously at the Turkish border.
Assad is the reason this became a sectarian war. But what about the present, Does anyone have a solution to the problem?
Prior to 2012, I was a supporter of the FSA. The reasons were because I considered it offensive that a non-muslim (Alawi) rule a Muslim nation.
The FSA seemed genuine, even with western support, and till 2012 there was a semblance or even an illusion of unity of command
in the militia. The White Helmets are a part of this support. There's no denying it bro.
Then Assad helped unleash the psychos from prison, so they can attack the FSA, and he cooperated with the shaytan ISIS, helping them sell oil and getting a cut of the profits. The problem is that Assad DID finish off the FSA, there is no FSA today it is an insignificant group. Their supplies get taken over by Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham. In these White Helmet videos, there are guys who were in those Nusra videos where they beheaded the Palestinian kid a few weeks ago
Laakin, today its a choice between Assad vs. Al-Nusra and its affiliates. Outside of the core Baathist group in Mosul the rest of ISIS are a herd of wild non-sentient animals from Central Asia, Western China, Somalia, North Africa, USA/EU etc.
As an outsider, i should only support the side that can bring peace and stability to the country. The only side that has a road map for peace. The Assad Regime.
The Russians and Iranians have forced him to acknowledge that there cannot be a return to dictatorship, there will be sharing of power and elections, and Assad will have to step down.
The problem is that the other side believes in total victory and see no need for negotiations, even when they are close to defeat themselves. The Saudi Foreign Minister embodies this with his comments about the pathway to peace. He just wants to keep supplying these groups.
Aleppo will continue to be encircled, the supply lines in the north are almost gone, the Jordanians have been intimidated and only supply enough to show their masters that they are obeying orders, but its a trickle compared to 6 months ago, and not nearly enough.
The supply of jihadis is shrinking rapidly, the supply of gas/deisel/ and ammo is critical. Without the Turkish supply highway all those " accidental airdrops" from the Americans cannot save the rebels.
Speaking of the chlorine attacks... it seems these happen once the government actually makes gains somewhere. There's also this.
Im on the side of the people who are running away from their homes ...Assad is a plutocratic douchebag..no argument but he would have given in and reformed in a peaceful manner eventually..the writing was on the wall.
