Can you spot what’s wrong with that quote, from a Reuters piece out today?
“Russian and Syrian forces intensified their campaign on rebel-held areas around Aleppo that are still home to around 350,000 people and aid workers have said the city – Syria’s largest before the war – could soon fall.”
Can you spot what’s wrong with that quote, from a Reuters piece out today? Here’s the problem: “could soon fall” implies that Aleppo is on the verge of succumbing to enemy forces. It’s not. It’s already in enemy hands and has been for quite some time. What Reuters should have said is this: “…could soon be liberated.”
While we’ll be the first to admit that Bashar al-Assad isn’t exactly the most benevolent leader in the history of statecraft, you can bet most Syrians wish this war had never started and if you were to ask those stranded in Aleppo what their quality of life is like now, versus what it was like in 2009, we’re fairly certain you’ll discover that residents aren’t particularly enamored with life under the mishmash of rebels that now control the city.
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3 comments:
Well, Mr Kerry unless you drop all pretense that you want to eliminate "radical Islam" or ISIS/ISIL/daesh whatever they call it these days, you're going to have to back off and let Syria and their Russian allies take care of business over there. And for heaven's sake when will you realize that the US desire for regime change is in large part responsible for the difficulties in that area?
Kerry has a valid point,but 12:37 is right on target.
12:37
Perfect almost. Regime change is not "in large part" responsible.
Regime Change is the AGENDA!
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