Let’s veto the West’s moral posturing on Syria

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1. There's a good humanitarian reason to oppose regime change in Syria: it invites genocide

The western media, as far as I have seen, has never, ever provided American viewers with the historical background to the civil war we are seeing fanned inside Syria. It's a centuries old religious war. This isn't just something that started this year - the Sunni majority, about 75% of the population have been in armed rebellion against the regime, which is dominated by the Allawite sect of Shi'a Islam, since the 1964 coup put the Ba'ath Party (led by the Assad family) into power. Prior to that, it was the Shi'ia who were persecuted.

Given the opportunity of regime change, this is fertile ground for genocide.

If you haven't already, please read this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=270675 and
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002201480