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RainCaster

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4. Think of what happened in Bosnia - if it's Muslims no one cares

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 09:34 PM

Dec 2016

The Holocaust Museum says "never again", but Israel looked the other way in both cases. But to be fair, there appears to be little help from oil rich Muslim countries either.

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The world wept for Paris but for Aleppo.......the silence is deafening [View all] Quixote1818 Dec 2016 OP

Everything is perspective malaise Dec 2016 #1

Bush, FOR SURE.... Absolutely no question... pangaia Dec 2016 #3

Sykes-Picot? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #6

right.....DUH !!! pangaia Dec 2016 #7

True. And it all revolved around actual control of the Middle East. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #8

True that, Who's the 'good guys' and who's the 'bad guys'... pangaia Dec 2016 #9

And when the Kurds are considered the good guys and the bad guys guillaumeb Dec 2016 #26

My brain is like a smoke-filled niche. pangaia Dec 2016 #27

That can be a good thing, depending on the source of the smoke. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #28

Obviously, heh, heh... pangaia Dec 2016 #30

Well there's a lot of history malaise Dec 2016 #23

And we didn't even mention India. pangaia Dec 2016 #25

A Presidential candidate, Gary Johnson, had never heard of it HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #2

Think of what happened in Bosnia - if it's Muslims no one cares RainCaster Dec 2016 #4

Aleppo has literally been front page headline news all over the world for the past month oberliner Dec 2016 #5

not in the US JI7 Dec 2016 #10

It has been on the front page of the NY Times daily oberliner Dec 2016 #13

not on tv JI7 Dec 2016 #15

It has been covered extensively on every TV news network oberliner Dec 2016 #17

It's also been covered extensively on the PBS Newshour. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2016 #22

When you look at the bigger picture the best thing we can do for Aleppo is to keep Trump out of 1AM Coffee Dec 2016 #11

If that is the case, Assad and Russia will have killed off ISIS by Jan 21st LeftInTX Dec 2016 #16

The Syrian Arab Army (government) kills Islamic State. David__77 Dec 2016 #31

I may be wrong, but I got my info from Wikipedia LeftInTX Dec 2016 #34

The government armed forces aren't very strong in my opinion. David__77 Dec 2016 #35

Thanks for responding. You seem to have studied the complicated issue more in-depth LeftInTX Dec 2016 #36

You're welcome! It's a challenging subject for me. David__77 Dec 2016 #37

Gee, should'a thought of that in early November. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #21

Okay, name the last major fashion show that was held in Aleppo. KamaAina Dec 2016 #12

This is such a BS post oberliner Dec 2016 #14

Its the age of maggot MFM008 Dec 2016 #18

generally agree dembotoz Dec 2016 #19

If it's a Shiite mosque, I imagine the perspective will be interesting. David__77 Dec 2016 #32

It breaks my heart. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #20

If you think the world has been silent on Aleppo, you haven't been listening. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2016 #24

I think there's been adequate coverage of Aleppo True Dough Dec 2016 #29

We only weep when muslims do the killing Generator Dec 2016 #33