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Not to discredit the rest of your post, but this: > ... something Putin himself has noted. is not much more than an appeal to authority. And a bad one at that
by nothrabannosir 11y ago
Not to discredit the rest of your post, but this:
> ... something Putin himself has noted.
is not much more than an appeal to authority. And a bad one at that. Putin has not exactly been making a name for himself as the most trustworthy source of news and fact since, well, forever.
Your post would look better without that sentence.
- obrero 11y agoThis has been noted in the western press too. For example: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11203825/Syrian-rebels-armed-and-trained-by-US-surrender-to-al-Qaeda.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/1... Well, it says that an Islamic militia backed by the US gave up its arms to Al-Qaeda. Although two things to note with the sub-title "Moderate rebels in Syria that the US have armed and trained to fight jihadists have surrendered to al-Qaeda". #1 - the adjective "moderate" is applied to the group. This is an Islamic militia whose origins were backed by the Muslim Brotherhood to create a government mimicking that of Mohammed's during the time of the caliphate. Would that be called moderate if they weren't in a strange alliance with the US? #2 - not mentioned any where in the article is that some Harakat Hazm went over to Jabhat al-Nusra.