Mainstream Media Brokenhearted Over Assad's Gains
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:17 pm
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And check out the comments sections. Who are these people who write these long comments giving detailed if spurious arguments against the Assad regime and in favor of US intervention?
We all know neocons desperately want Assad ousted, but from the looks of the NYT comments section, it would seem many many people agree with them. Is this something akin to Hasbara central posting pro Israel comments to any article remotely critical of Israel? Are the neocons really this organized? The passion some of these people display is something else.
In my responses to these comments I try to push back by asking what Obama would do if any rebel group tried to violently overthrow his regime. And I also reference what Lincoln did to the South when it tried to secede. Hell, the CSA wasn't even trying to overthrow Lincoln's regime. It just wanted its own nation. The Syrian rebels want all of Syria and want to impose Sharia law on each person there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mi ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And check out the comments sections. Who are these people who write these long comments giving detailed if spurious arguments against the Assad regime and in favor of US intervention?
We all know neocons desperately want Assad ousted, but from the looks of the NYT comments section, it would seem many many people agree with them. Is this something akin to Hasbara central posting pro Israel comments to any article remotely critical of Israel? Are the neocons really this organized? The passion some of these people display is something else.
In my responses to these comments I try to push back by asking what Obama would do if any rebel group tried to violently overthrow his regime. And I also reference what Lincoln did to the South when it tried to secede. Hell, the CSA wasn't even trying to overthrow Lincoln's regime. It just wanted its own nation. The Syrian rebels want all of Syria and want to impose Sharia law on each person there.