Posted on 11/29/2024 11:38:10 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Syrian armed rebels have entered Aleppo just three days into their surprise offensive, marking the first time they have set foot in the country’s second largest city since government forces recaptured the city in 2016.
Rebel forces launched a surprise attack this week, sweeping through several villages outside the city and reigniting conflict that had been largely static for years.
In a video geolocated by CNN, a rebel fighter films as he drives through the deserted streets on the western side of the city. He is heard praising God as the vehicle approaches the Zine El Abidine Mosque in western Aleppo.
The official Syrian military said it was confronting a “major attack” and claimed it is “reinforcing all locations along the various battlefronts,” but multiple residents of the city say regime forces have pulled back from several neighborhoods in the western part of Aleppo.
The offensive, which began Wednesday, is the first major flare-up in years between the Syrian opposition and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, who has ruled the war-torn country since 2000.
“Our forces have begun entering the city of Aleppo,” said the newly formed rebel coalition, the Military Operations Command.
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I guess the United States is going to have to save the regime.
“Rebels”
Must be folks we’re backing, otherwise we’d call them a pejorative.
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
To avoid any confusion, simply refer to this handy chart:
No ISIS.
Need to make a new chart. I don’t see Houthis or Kurds
The Russians have been propping Assad up. But they don’t have the spare resources they once had due to the war in Ukraine.
Should we believe that the “rebels” are better, worse or the same as the Assad regime from the standpoint of the US and the West?
Or do we have no clue?
Assad had 8 years to organize his army.
Worse.
But remember in 2016, Obama was in charge.
Today it's Biden
My opinion: Muslim rebels that will impose a Muslim theocracy is worse than bad guy secular dictator. We saw that with Iraq, Libya, and other Middle East Countries. You might even throw Iran in there, although I don’t think the Shah was that bad. Neither side in Syria is good, but one is worse than the other. And as bad as Assad is, he at least protected the Syrian Christians (as far as I know).
More than anything, the Shah was corrupt. So that prevented Iran from developing economically.
Sooo….
Is there anyone in the picture to root for?
I hope not. I’d like to see the US stay out of this one.
Assad.
Tourists had to cancel plans to spend Thanksgiving weekend there. Back to plan B of visiting Haiti and Somalia. Or Chicago (with a Kevlar vest).
Map....
What’s new about discussing Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Diagram....
Soon——quite soon——we won’t be able to rely on Biden and Kamala to explain the technical details of this type of chart.*
We’ll be on our own.
Maybe AOC?
* Kamala: First of all we don’t put piles of folders in cabinets in offices now. Over our heads in the sky up there is the Cloud.(smiles, looks upward and points.) I’ll explain it all later.
We fly top cover for Syrian rebels.
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