Syria crisis: rebels condemn opposition coalition

[SkyDaddy7]

37. REALLY?!?!

You said, "There is a lot more going on in Syria than the CNN-based, superficial understanding you have of the situation SkyDaddy" Now that was very CUTE...Did that help you somehow feel superior or more content about the views you hold when it comes to Syria? Or was that simply a diversion meant to hide the fact you avoided the main point of my comment & probably did not even take the time to look at why I said what I did or who & what I was replying to?

Yes, I am fully aware after reading your reply to me that you could very well be one of those people who are simply looking for a fight & who could care less about having an intellectual conversation/debate based on facts...But just in case you are not one of those type of people like your comment strongly suggest you are...

Let me help walk you through the comment I was replying to & why I replied to what was said in the manner I did...

First, I replied to this comment:
"5. Yes, I absolutely support the Assad regime if they are the alternative.
Al-Qaeda-filled sharia-law, entire-village-men-women-and-children-massacre-ing scum that they are."

Here is my reply:
"14. Right now the Islamic radicals are...
The minority!!!! Are you aware of how this started in the first place? It had NOTHING AT ALL to do with Islamic radicals attacking the Assad regime...It was the Assad regime torturing & killing little kids for spray painting anti-regime messages on walls!
The Assad regime needs to be completely destroyed & they need to be brought to justice to face war crimes or go the way of Qaddafi."

Your comment really had NOTHING to do with the above conversation at all! WHY?

You proceeded to jump my case in a poor attempt to show me for one, your dislike for CNN? WHY? And then perhaps to make yourself feel good about what you THINK YOU KNOW about the conflict in Syria? I am not sure.

You seem to know some of the main characters like Syria, FSA, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & Iran but whether it was on purpose or simply due to your ignorance you failed to explain why it is that some do want to arm the Syrian people. Instead you mention John McCain's dumb ass & other dumbass chicken hawk Conservatives as if that alone discredits the idea, it most certainly does not!

Here is why...

The vast majority of fighters in Syria are fighting with the "Free Syrian Army" & are NOT radical Islamist! The FSA is made up of a majority of soldiers who defected from the Syrian Army Forces as well as volunteers...With an estimated 25,000-30,000 fighters but no one knows for sure the exact number. The majority of these fighters are Sunnis, Syria's largest community, it includes Palestinians, Kurds, Druze & Turks...As well as some Alawites opposed to the Assad regime.

However, there are radical Islamist groups who make up a SMALL MINORITY of the overall opposition forces...The two main ones are al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham...With an estimated 6000-8000 fighters.

Yes, things have gotten way out of control & YES some of the opposition has decided to repeat some of the disgusting acts the Assad regime has been doing for DECADES...But lets not act as if the opposition started this whole mess like you & others seem to be doing all because you think any regime is a good regime as long as they are anti-USA. A strong argument could be made that had the USA set up a no fly zone a year ago many of these acts could have been prevented or at the very least expedited the end to this madness!!

I find it quite telling that you probably consider yourself a Liberal yet you are perfectly contempt watching the innocent people in Syria be tortured, mutilated & killed simply because they want what YOU HAVE! As your comment suggest you seem perfectly fine talking as if the Syrian opposition is no better than the Assad regime! WHY? What is so hard for you to understand all they want is the right to choose their leaders & not have to worry about if one of their loved ones says something against the government could go missing & may never be seen again until their tortured & broken dead body is shipped back to the house like those little kids who spray painted anti-Assad messages were...This incident with the CHILDREN along with DECADES of oppression is what set off this entire Civil War NOT radical Islamic groups like the Assad Regime & YOU claim!!

Your arrogant comment reminds me of what I would expect from ignorant Conservatives who speak with such passion & confidence about topics they are grossly misinformed about...They also make lame excuses about the media like you did as well.

Maybe you should take some time to watch media from all over the world as I do & read media from all over the world as I do, & YES that includes CNN, & maybe you would not end up in the situation you are now being called out for your arrogance & ignorance.

The Syrian people have been BEGGING the USA to help by setting up a no-fly zone for 2yrs now...PLEASE tell me why this is not a reasonable request? The longer we wait the more RADICALIZED the opposition will get like happens in any war! Yet folks like yourself are content with forgetting why this conflict started & the most disturbing of all you & folks like yourself are content with adopting the BULLSHIT story the Assad regime & Russia are spewing that terrorist are to blame! SAD!!

I follow this topic very closely because I HATE to see people suffer in the way the Syrian people have suffered...And I am not going to bow to the pressure of the minority of my so-called "Liberal" friends who have no good reason that I have heard of as to why we should not be using our military for something good for a change & helping the Syrian people out like we did the Libyan people. (Seriously, do not bring up Benghazi it won't work) We do not have to get bogged down in a war like Iraq...We don't even have to put any of our guy on the ground...But left up to you & others like you, folks like myself should just shut up & ignore the carnage because after all we are LIBERALS!! HOORAY!! And that stuff going on over there is just sensationalized by the main stream media like CNN, huh?