Nope------I am not a victim of propaganda -----YOU ARE. genocide is not the NORM FOR ALL
in the middle east just as it is not the NORM FOR ALL in Europe or in the USA. In fact there have been
genocides in the USA in the past------in fact stimulated by the INQUISITION (believe it or not)
and there have certainly been some genocides in Europe other than ADOLF -------genocide in
the middle east is not a "norm" any more than it is in the USA I do not know what your
background is--------have been "mixing" with persons from over there------and over here----
all my life----------my own husband was born in a shariah shit hole. I have relatives from just about
everywhere
Middle-easterners have the most skewed propaganda on the matter, in my experience.
With everything at stake and all of the geopolitical hands in that region, I think accounts of human rights violations are indeed the propaganda icing added to make sympathetic people supportive. This doesn't make tales of death in a revolt untrue, but I don't believe that they are any reason that the United States would actually do something about it. In fact, we mostly haven't.
Regarding Syria------the many deaths caused by the ASSADS are fully documented by outside
agencies. The Cause of extensive murder by the very bloody HAFEZ ASSAD was not
overt revolt just as the genocide against the Shiites and Kurds committed by Baathist
assad was not a result of revolt -----for that matter the mass murder of the Armenians
by the turks was not either--------it was stuff done on IDEOLOGICAL grounds----something
like Cromwell going after catholics. (remember? ----its really dullsville English history)
The United States virtually never does anything about GENOCIDE OVER SEAS------
we did nothing for the Armenians or for the Cambodians under Pol pot----or for the Kulaks
under Stalin.-----------I am intrigued with your "experience" with Middle east propaganda----
you got "EXPERIENCE"?
You are a propagandist, plain and simple. The Syrian government was far less brutal and oppressive than nearly any other Arab government with the possible exception of Lebanon and possibly the Maghreb (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco).
Like most people that know the area and have lived there, this guy sets the record straight.
"March 9, 2015
Saudi Arabia (not Iran) ranks 2nd in religious persecution, after N. Korea
By
Donald Hank
When discussing or analyzing reports from the Muslim world, we need to always keep in mind: The Saudis are SUNNI (the more fundamentalist and violent sect) while Iran (along with Syria) is predominantly SHIITE, a sect that is less radical and violent toward other religions and sects of Islam. The actual differences in behavior of these sects are less due to theology than to culture.
These cultural differences are of inestimable importance but are almost completely ignored by our grotesquely biased press and political class. I had written before on cultural differences.................At variance with received wisdom, the predominantly Shiite Iranian government allows, as one would expect based on the above, more
religious freedom than, say, Saudi Arabia and other Sunni countries. Religiously speaking, Iranians read the same Koran and Hadith as the Sunni world, but, despite their harsh enforcement of shariah law toward Muslims, their
culture (including their interpretation of the scriptures) has for centuries encouraged more tolerance of non-Muslims and non-Shia. As a testimony to this tolerance, Bibles are allowed in Iran (though not in Saudi Arabia). Christians may practice their religion but may not proselytize. Iran also has a sizeable Jewish population (its hostility toward Israel can be attributed more to territorial politics than to religion. They see Israel as expanding into sacred Muslim territory). More importantly, the Iranian populace is more
secular than that of other Muslim countries. For example, its young people tend to imitate Western behaviors and fashions. This major difference with Saudi Arabia is not reflected in the Western press, which spews venom 24-7 against Iran – even unfairly making it appear less tolerant of Christians, for example,
here – but downplays the severe and glaring abuses of Saudi Arabia, including the latter's support for terror organizations like ISIS and al-Qaeda, as reported by the NYT, The Atlantic
here and
here, but also in the conservative press, such as
here. You'd think Americans would wake up to this
obvious bias and lack of objectivity, but they seem to be inured to it and even welcome it. Indeed a recent poll shows a majorityof Americans willing to use force against Iran. US 1 (we the people) seem to like being hoodwinked by politicians and media (US 2) in terms of foreign policy, which reflects a dismal lack of knowledge of the world around us. Thus we want to rule the world but not to know it – an untenable position in the long run. We need to wake up before this ignorance leads to another senseless war – particularly since a war with a nuclear Iran would quite likely pit us against two other nuclear powers, first Russia, and then a sympathetic China acting as a bodyguard.
Incidentally, Iran has the biggest Jewish population in any Muslim country. Where do we read that in today's Iranophobic press?"
Saudi Arabia (not Iran) ranks 2nd in religious persecution, after N. Korea
