You just let us know where we need to lob our them, and I will get Congress to OK it.
Posted on 09/09/2013 8:38:16 AM PDT by Leigh Patrick Sullivan
Iyad moved to Canada along with his wife and child five years ago. A Syrian Christian, he has stayed in constant communication with friends and family back home during the civil war. I sat down with Iyad to discuss his take on the Syrian conflict.
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A number of Syrians live in this area. Maronite Christians mostly. The stories they relay from family members still in Syria are truly horrific.
Nothing we can do about it unfortunately.
LS: Do you believe the message being put out is fair to the situation, or is there too much spin from all sides for someone to get an accurate account of what’s really going on?
IYAD: A narrative is being played. There is a small town about 40 minutes outside of Damascus. It’s an historic place populated by Christians who have been there for centuries. I was told by members of my family that Rebel forces overran the town, gathered all the children, and took them away. Only a few days later, after the alleged chemical attack, images of the dead were shown for the world to see. The media and the U.S. claimed the video was proof of Assad’s chemical weapon use. The townspeople have been trying to tell the world that the dead are their children, killed by the Rebels. No one is listening.
You just let us know where we need to lob our them, and I will get Congress to OK it.
What seems to have caused you to excerpt your own blog?
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