Israeli Rescue of Syrian & Iraqi Migrants

[montelatici]

I feel deeply over the Syrian refugees. For they are the ones trapped between the forces of Assad & ISIS. Unfortunately radical Islamists all over the world have made it difficult for peace loving countries like the USA & our allies to take a chance on granting them citizenship.

Let us be aware of what has happened to France with a growing Muslim population.

A majority of the people of Syria including a majority of Sunnis (the secular Sunnis) supported the government before the civil war and now. The Government of Syria was a secular one, the opposition are Islamists supported by the Saudi Wahabis, their allies and, unfortunately, the U.S.

"Most Syrians back President Assad, but you'd never know from western media

Assad's popularity, Arab League observers, US military involvement: all distorted in the west's propaganda war...."

Most Syrians back President Assad – but you'd never know from western media | Jonathan Steele

Instead of simply cutting and pasting from the web, you might want to take the time to try and understand that OPO's, (Other People's Opinions), might serve your agenda of promoting propaganda, but it leaves you as little more than an accomplice to the propaganda of others.

The little dalliance in Syria had it's beginnings early in 2011 with the emergence of a democracy movement. In typical dictator fashion, Assad sought to nip that in the bud with sweeping force of arms and a bit of arrest and torture thrown in. The fun just escalated from there.

But yeah, who would deny that "Most Syrians Support Assad" when those Syrians are on the business end of an Assad barrel bomb.


Note the use of gargantuan font and bold colors.

Just a fact Hollie. Most Syrians supported and continue to support the legitimate Government of Syria.

The demonstrations had nothing to do with democracy, they were Islamists.

“I have seen from the beginning armed protesters in those demonstrations … they were the first to fire on the police. Very often the violence of the security forces comes in response to the brutal violence of the armed insurgents” – Jesuit priest Father Frans Van der Lugt, January 2012, Homs Syria

A double story began on the Syrian conflict, at the very beginning of the armed violence in 2011, in the southern border town of Daraa. The first story comes from independent witnesses in Syria, such as the late Father Frans Van der Lugt in Homs. They say that armed men infiltrated the early political reform demonstrations to shoot at both police and civilians. This violence came from sectarian Islamists. The second comes from the Islamist groups (‘rebels’) and their western backers, including the Washington-based Human Rights Watch. They claim there was ‘indiscriminate’ violence from Syrian security forces to repress political rallies and that the ‘rebels’ grew out of a secular political reform movement.

Careful study of the independent evidence, however, shows that the Washington-backed ‘rebel’ story, while widespread, was part of a strategy to delegitimise the Syrian Government, with the aim of fomenting ‘regime change’. To understand this it is necessary to study the outbreak of the violence in Daraa, in March 2011. Central to that insurrection were shipments of arms from Saudi Arabia to Islamists at the al Omari mosque.

Daraa 2011: Syria’s Islamist Insurrection in Disguise

 

[Hollie]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

 

[MJB12741]

Israel even provides medical treatment to Syrians in Israeli hospitals. Many Syrian lives have been saved & babies born in Israeli hospitals. LET THERE BE PEACE ALREADY!

Inside the Hospital Where Israeli Doctors Treat Syrian Patients | VICE News

 

[montelatici]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

 

[MJB12741]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

 

[MJB12741]

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: Facing down rebellion - BBC News

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: Facing down rebellion - BBC News

 

[montelatici]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

 

[Phoenall]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

Is this like the legitimate government of Jewish Palestine as delineated by international law of 1923 supports its allies in the fight against arab muslim violence and terrorism ?

 

[Hollie]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


http://www.cfr.org/peace-conflict-a...!/?cid=otr-marketing_url-sunni_shia_infoguide

 

[montelatici]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


http://www.cfr.org/peace-conflict-a...!/?cid=otr-marketing_url-sunni_shia_infoguide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

 

[Hollie]

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Just a fact. You're confused as to what constitutes fact.


Syria’s Alawites: The People Behind Assad

To find popular support for the embattled regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, look to the mountains, valleys and coastal cities of the country’s western region. It is the Alawite heartland—the traditional home of the religious minority to which Mr. Assad and many of his key associates belong.

Alawites make up just 10% to 15% of Syria’s population, and they are usually presented as fervent supporters of Mr. Assad. Most Alawites do indeed fear that, if the Assad regime falls, they will face reprisals from the country’s majority Sunnis, who have led the rebellion against the government since March 2011. Many Sunnis see the Alawites as willing accomplices of a brutal regime that has committed atrocities against them from the time it was founded more than four decades ago by the current president’s late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


http://www.cfr.org/peace-conflict-a...!/?cid=otr-marketing_url-sunni_shia_infoguide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

 

[MJB12741]

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

I have no problem with Syrian terrorists with Assad & with ISIS killing each other. That is a fine contribution to peace. It is the Syrian refugees I respect who have to flee while these killings continue.

 

[Humanity]

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

I love the way that the here and now can be deflected onto Sunni and Shia...

No, you are absolutely right... They are not what one would call 'best of friends', although that would be considered a generalisation...

What concerns me is the ignoring of the involvement of the west, or lack of it, in the grander scheme of things....

When the 'allied forces' take it upon themselves to, at best destabilize, a specific country, or region for that matter, there is a deep desire by the Islamophobic, zionuts, to blame just about everyone except Israel and the now wavering, 'allied forces'...

At that point, we, pretty much, you can only be classed a zionut!!

 

[montelatici]

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Where does your link (which in whole is only available to subscribers) contradict the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria?

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

There was no "side stepping" on my part. You have addressed the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria by declaring that Shia and Sunni do not accept each other. Something even my dog knows. Non sequitur.

 

[Hollie]

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

There was no "side stepping" on my part. You have addressed the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria by declaring that Shia and Sunni do not accept each other. Something even my dog knows. Non sequitur.

I can't speak to what your dog does or doesn't know. I can, however, address your profound ignorance regarding the root of the conflict sweeping across Syria and Iraq. That is the internecine hatreds that have defined Sunni and Shia relations.

You have addressed your willingness to embrace ignorance. Good for you. What a shame you expect others to mindlessly accept someone else's opinion you cut and pasted without taking the time to study the facts.

 

[Hollie]

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

I love the way that the here and now can be deflected onto Sunni and Shia...

No, you are absolutely right... They are not what one would call 'best of friends', although that would be considered a generalisation...

What concerns me is the ignoring of the involvement of the west, or lack of it, in the grander scheme of things....

When the 'allied forces' take it upon themselves to, at best destabilize, a specific country, or region for that matter, there is a deep desire by the Islamophobic, zionuts, to blame just about everyone except Israel and the now wavering, 'allied forces'...

At that point, we, pretty much, you can only be classed a zionut!!

I understand you islamics will use any excuse to flame with your Jooooooooo hatreds but how is Israel to be blamed for the Sunni vs. Shia muhammedan war?

 

[montelatici]

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

There was no "side stepping" on my part. You have addressed the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria by declaring that Shia and Sunni do not accept each other. Something even my dog knows. Non sequitur.

I can't speak to what your dog does or doesn't know. I can, however, address your profound ignorance regarding the root of the conflict sweeping across Syria and Iraq. That is the internecine hatreds that have defined Sunni and Shia relations.

You have addressed your willingness to embrace ignorance. Good for you. What a shame you expect others to mindlessly accept someone else's opinion you cut and pasted without taking the time to study the facts.

You seem to not understand that the we all understand the Sunni/Shia divide as we understand the Catholic/Protestant divide that caused much mayhem in Europe and most recently in Ireland. What you call "cutting and pasting' is what is required on this forum. Just making up things without any historical backup, is not acceptable.

Again, most Syrians support the legitimate Syrian government. That was what the issue was, and you are not addressing it.

 

[Phoenall]

Your so called legitimate government of Syria is a terrorist organization in itself that supports both Hezbollah & Iran.

The legitimate government of Syria supports its Shia allies just as Saudi Arabia supports its Sunni allies such as Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) in Syria and Al Qaeda in Yemen. Not to mention ISIS. Would you claim that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is a "terrorist state"?

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

There was no "side stepping" on my part. You have addressed the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria by declaring that Shia and Sunni do not accept each other. Something even my dog knows. Non sequitur.

Only because Bashir has had those that oppose him ethnically cleansed from his lands

 

[Hollie]

"The legitimate government supports its Shia allies".

You have not been paying attention to your lessons at the madrassah.

The little dalliance in Syria (and Iraq), is largely a matter of the religious divides separating the Shia and Sunni. You can't have missed that at Friday prayers at the mosque.

Here's a little background for you. The Sunni and Shia despise each other. They are still carrying on with a blood feud that dates back to islamo-times and tales after the death of Muhammud (swish). The Sunni are the largest demographic in Syria yet are marginalized by the Alawite (Shia-lite) version of Islamism.

A basic component of the wars raging across Iraq and Syria is the very fact that the Sunni don't see the apostate Shia as legitimate.


The Sunni-Shia Divide

Your childish attacks, which do not follow the new rules of engagement for this forum, aside, what does all of the above have to do with the fact that Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, supports Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria and elsewhere?

Your childish spamming aside, what does your sidestepping have to do with the fact that the war raging across Syria and Iraq is just a continuation of the 1400 year long internecine hate-fest that divides the Sunni and Shia?

There was no "side stepping" on my part. You have addressed the fact that a majority of Syrians support the legitimate government of Syria by declaring that Shia and Sunni do not accept each other. Something even my dog knows. Non sequitur.

I can't speak to what your dog does or doesn't know. I can, however, address your profound ignorance regarding the root of the conflict sweeping across Syria and Iraq. That is the internecine hatreds that have defined Sunni and Shia relations.

You have addressed your willingness to embrace ignorance. Good for you. What a shame you expect others to mindlessly accept someone else's opinion you cut and pasted without taking the time to study the facts.

You seem to not understand that the we all understand the Sunni/Shia divide as we understand the Catholic/Protestant divide that caused much mayhem in Europe and most recently in Ireland. What you call "cutting and pasting' is what is required on this forum. Just making up things without any historical backup, is not acceptable.

Again, most Syrians support the legitimate Syrian government. That was what the issue was, and you are not addressing it.

You're welcome to be wrong, again, but that is of your own choosing. Assad's support has dwindled primarily to the Alawite core of the Syrian population as indicated in the article I linked to. He controls barely one quarter of the country and that portion. Is among his core base.

 

[montelatici]

From Fox News, your favorite news source Hollie:

" ......President Bashar Assad still enjoys from the population, including many in the majority Sunni Muslim community.

Syria's conflict is often portrayed through one of its many prisms — that of a sectarian struggle, in which overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim rebels seek to topple Assad, who belongs to the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. The country's rich tapestry of Christian and Muslim minorities, meanwhile, help keep Assad in power, fearing their fate if he were to fall.

Without Sunni support, however, Assad's rule would have collapsed long ago amid a civil war that activists say has killed more than 160,000, displaced at least a third of Syria's prewar population of 23 million, and destroyed wide swaths of the country.........
If only minorities were loyal to Assad, they (rebels) would have taken the country," said Wida Saleh, a 35-year-old lawyer and Assad supporter who reluctantly identified herself as a Sunni Muslim.

"But because the majority (Sunnis) are standing behind him, they have kept Syria standing," she said at a voting booth set up in Damascus' ornate, century-old Hijaz train station."

Syrian election shows depth of popular support for Assad, even among Sunni majority