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Human Rights watch said it was investigating the same rebel brigade for its role in a videotaped execution of detained Syrian soldiers posted on the Internet on Tuesday.
Originally posted by BoogieMan911
Treason - Dictionary.com
The betrayal of one's own country by waging war against it or by consciously or purposely acting to aid its enemies.
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These terrorists are enemies of America and the UN. Any American acting to aid these terrorists are GUILTY OF TREASON.
Obama, Kerry, McCain ect are guilty of treason.
What are the Penalties for Treason?
I find it hard to understand how anyone could say either side in this is right or wrong. It's a Civil War and I'm sure both sides are a mixture of good or bad.
Originally posted by DarknStormy
reply to post by Lostmymarbles
Assad should send the UN another letter saying "I told you so"
Originally posted by DarknStormy
reply to post by Blaine91555
This is not a civil war. Foreigners have flooded in from just about every country surrounding Syria and that includes groups who have likely attacked coalition forces in Iraq. This could of been happening from the very start and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the initial protests had some sort of foreign influence also. Maybe Assad has every right to do what he is... I find it funny that he also sent lists to the UN about the terrorists operating in his country yet they ignored it. Well look whats happened now..
Originally posted by Monger
Just because one group of people are adamant that a conflict isn't a 'real' civil war doesn't make it any less a civil war. What does the fact that there are foreign fighters fighting for one side or the other have to do with the conflict's status as a civil war?
It's not the west's conflict, we should stay the hell out of it. I find it disgusting and a little bit hilarious the way people are following every little development and picking sides that they 'support,' like they would a favorite sports team. You see this strange mentality from people 'supporting' both sides, it's genuinely bizarre.
I regularly see propaganda from one side or the other being spouted by people who, to my mind, have no tangible connection to whats going on over there. People are so plugged in these days and with the huge number of videos coming out of the country they're treating it like a reality TV contest.
The fact is that both sides have committed atrocities and we should keep in mind the number of non-combatants who have been killed in this petty little pissing match. On one side you have a brutal autocrat propped up by Russia and Iran who for years turned a blind eye while extremist fighters slipped across the border to attack American servicemen in Iraq, and on the other you have some of those same extremist fighters and some less-extreme but still religiously motivated factions supported by misguided western nations and oil rich Mid-East benefactors.