It is the seventh massacre of this kind, we have documented

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2. You are one of the fuzziest thinkers I have ever encountered.

And most personal. Keep me and my thinking out of this, because you have no idea what I am thinking.

First - this is a report. Not my thinking.

Second - another poster stated that Assad would never have done anything like this massacre, because how could he benefit? This is an opinion by the author that there could be a reason. He also cites other occasions when this happened.

Third - nothing is ever black and white. This uprising started when Assad jailed kids for writing graffiti against his rule. There are thousands of people who just want the opportunity to have a voice in the government of their OWN country. They are from all sects, Sunni, Alawite, Druze, Christian, etc.

Fourth - Assad is the one who has been trying to fan the flames of sectarianism. Assad is the one who has been killing large numbers of the opposition.

Fifth - Regime change will result in genocide? when the regime is committing genocide? Good grief. Learn some basic logic.

EDIT
Here are some facts and figures:

Syrians killed: 15,344
Children killed: 1,128
Females killed: 1,066
Soldiers killed: 1,272
Protestors killed under torture: 613
Missing: +65,000
Protestors currently incarcerated: +212,000
Syrian refugees since March: +168,564
Refugees in Turkey: 24,564
Refugees in Lebanon: +24,000
Refugees in Jordan: +120,000

About 30,000 soldiers have defected. Why would they do that?