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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
With the U.S. and NATO breathing down Syria's neck looking for a pretext for military action, it serves Assad zero strategic advantage to kill unarmed civilians.
There has been western sponsored terrorism going on in Syria from the very start. While I am sure Assad's troops have caused civilian casualties caught in the crossfire, it is inaccurate to say he is targeting protestors for slaughter. Those claims are mostly war propaganda. There is more lying going on here than with Libya. The Houla massacre was pulled off by the Syrian opposition as well.
Yeah, some NATO member politicians may give some anti-war lip service but if NATO won't attack on behalf of the U.N., then America will do it alone. The neocons in the U.S. government have labeled Syria as part of the "axis of evil" targeted for regime change for many years now (early 90's).
It is not a matter of "if" regime change occurs in Syria, but "when" it will happen.
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Provide evidence backing up this claim, otherwise don't state it as inaccurate. Attacks by Syria's militia, Shabiha, raised mostly from Assad's Alawite sect, on civilians and the family members of protesters, rebels, and defectors are fairly well documented; not just in this civil war, but well before. Using government equipped thugs to inspire fear in the local populace is a common tactic of Middle-Eastern dictatorships. The instance of the Syrian army opening fire across the Turkish border into a refugee camp is also well documented. It is hilarious how you claim the West is doing everything they can to foster the "slaughter of civilians," yet, judging from the above quote, you believe Assad, a dictator responsible for atrocities in the past, only kills people due to innocent crossfire.
Also, explain how getting their own jet shot down is a provocation?
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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc also said for the first time that Syrian forces had opened ground fire on a CASA search and rescue plane shortly after the downing, but did not say if that plane was hit.
Mr. Arinc said Turkey retained its right to “retaliate” against what he called a “hostile act,” but he added, “We have no intention of going at war with anyone.”
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