Assad’s forces & Putin's bombs have far killed more Syrians than ISIS

[uhnope]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/islamic-state-has-killed-many-syrians-but-assads-forces-have-killed-even-more/2015/09/05/b8150d0c-4d85-11e5-80c2-106ea7fb80d4_story.html

BEIRUT — President Bashar al-Assad’s government has killed far more people in Syria this year than the Islamic State, monitoring organizations and analysts say, even as the extremist group grabs headlines with its shocking brutality.

Between January and July, Assad’s military and pro-government militias killed 7,894 people, while the Islamic State killed 1,131, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in Britain. In a single day last month, government airstrikes are said to have killed more than 100 people in a residential area of Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus.

“No human being should have to endure what Assad is putting us through,” said Hassan Takuldin, 27, who witnessed the Douma attacks.

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. In a civil war, and the dead are citizens.

[840high]

2. Well then I'll have to start

liking ISIS.

[zeemike]

3. Too bad we did not feel that moralistic when

We bombed Iraq, Afghanistan and still doing it with drone strikes...how many thousands or hundreds of thousands of Innocent people are we responsible for?
Russia and Syria have a lot of catching up to do to come even close to our record.
The hypocrisy is just stunning...but propaganda is like that.

[uhnope]

5. lol. the very definition of apologia.

keep up the good work

[zeemike]

6. And the very definition hypocrisy.

Preaching to others about things we have done ourselves only more so.
And I will keep up the good work of pointing it out because it IS good work...unlike the bad work that creates it.

The most disappointing thing to me is that so many here have lost the moral high ground and are proud of it.

[uhnope]

10. hoorah. that's better than apologia or hypocrisy

it's pure self-delusion:

The most disappointing thing to me is that so many here have lost the moral high ground and are proud of it.

Oh, please, dear Putin acolyte, tell us more about the nice view from your moral high ground...lol

[zeemike]

12. You know you are kind of fun.

And your act is like performance art. And I am not sure it is not generated by a program.

[newthinking]

9. This. Syrian Network for Human Rights is not a real HR org. It is one man on a computer, literally.

But he backs the official narrative regardless if it is the truth, false, or made up; and no doubt will get rich as a result.

It is telling that the MSM constantly references the outfit without mentioning this fact.

[uhnope]

11. looks like yr fellow discussant got

MIRTed

[DhhD]

8. Climate Change: Drought: Little Food and water in Syria.

Empty basin aquifers in Arabian Peninsula: Very little water to grow crops for refugees.

[grahamhgreen]

13. Don't worry, we're still the top killers in the region :(

[elias49]

14. SOS, different day. nt