Posted on 06/05/2013 6:50:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Bullet-scarred and shattered buildings, eerily empty streets, makeshift hospitals, rumours of massacres and triumphant government soldiers riding around on tanks are all grimly familiar images after more than two years of Syria's bloody and escalating war.
Wednesday's scenes in the central town of Qusair, which was retaken by President Bashar al-Assad's forces after a two-week battle, certainly represent a significant defeat for the rebels, who are outgunned, divided among themselves and still uncertain of gaining wider international support.
It is too early to assess whether the tide has turned definitively in favour of the Assad regime, though Qusair is the latest in a string of victories. Most independent experts still believe there is little chance – an estimated 90,000 have already died since March 2011 – of an outright military victory by either side. But the president is likely to feel emboldened, and is prepared for a long haul.
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I stand corrected. I was never in Syria though I visited the Golan Heights many times and gazed across no man's land into Syria. The persecution of Christians in the Middle East is one of the tragedies of our time.
No prob. It’s surprising, but Syria, Iraq, and Egypt all had very large Christian communities. Egypt was at least 10% at one time, and that’s a lot of people there. Under Mubarak it was not a very place for them, but they got by, but was getting worse by the year. Iraq and Syria, as far as I can tell, pretty much had a deal with the Christians, which was they stay out of each other’s way. No one made their women wear burkas or anything else there, and if a Christian called the police because of Jihad attack, they got a quick response. Those days are over in Iraq, leaving Syria as pretty much it for Christians, other than Lebanon and Israel.
Yep, right on, let’s run McCain out of office and be done with it!
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