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Why would the Syrian government torture and mutilate a 13-year-old boy and then return the body/proof to the parents? Same with the current gas-bombs. What is

Why would the Syrian government torture and mutilate a 13-year-old boy and then return the body/proof to the parents? Same with the current gas-bombs. What is the rationale behind this besides being pure evil? Assad made great progress in Syria and is pushing back ISIS and Al-Nusra. There was no strategical need for dropping gas but still, he apparently did... why would he? Doesn't make sense to me...

adsfqwop 9y ago
It doesn't make any sense, unless you realize that the deep state wants to destabilize Syria and dethrone Assad by force. Then suddenly the narrative we're being offered starts making more sense. And I stress the word narrative, as in "story".
- RandVal30141 9y ago
  You sound insane. "destabilize Syria" The regime did a fine job of that. No need for some construct behind the scenes where all blame can be assigned. "the narrative" Yes amazing how people on the ground in Syria have these words to say. Shame people spent so many years denigrating them as some narrative made up by George Soros.
  - adsfqwop 9y ago
    Sure, burying your head in the sand is a strategy too. Good for you. Which people on the ground? You sound like you're getting your talking points from CNN. How about a reporter who has personally visited Syria and Aleppo herself? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyWGyddepw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyWGyddepw You do not seem to be aware that there are terrorists operating in Syria that are funded by the west. Let's just start with that.
    - RandVal30141 9y ago
      "Which people on the ground?" Syrians from Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Deir ez Zor, Daraya :(, and numerous other locations. "there are terrorists operating in Syria." Yes, terrorists like the Assad regime and it's foreign allies like Hezbollah. You can thank Ru MoD for providing Hezbollah with heavy weapons like tanks, btw.
- mpfundstein 9y ago
  Sorry for my ignorance but what is the 'deep state' . Never heard of it.
  - adsfqwop 9y ago
    Late reply. Not sure if you will see this, but think of it as the part of the government that doesn't change with the new administration. That is very much simplified, but gives you some idea. You think some greenhorn administration comes in and says how things are done? No, the deep state makes the rules. They know the game, they have played it forever, they make the rules. What changes every four years is just a facade.
euyyn 9y ago
> Why would the Syrian government torture and mutilate a 13-year-old boy and then return the body/proof to the parents? The obvious possible motive is to send a signal that that's what happens if you oppose the regime. Your kid disappearing isn't as strong a message as receiving his corpse in pieces. > There was no strategical need for dropping gas but still, he apparently did... why would he? There was strategical need to drop bombs, even Assad and Putin acknowledged that. Why not gas? The lesson from the previous gas attack a few years ago, whether or not he did it, was that he could get away with it. And there's been ethnical cleansing going on on both sides in that region. So it isn't the most surprising thing either.

adsfqwop 9y ago

It doesn't make any sense, unless you realize that the deep state wants to destabilize Syria and dethrone Assad by force. Then suddenly the narrative we're being offered starts making more sense. And I stress the word narrative, as in "story".

RandVal30141 9y ago
You sound insane. "destabilize Syria" The regime did a fine job of that. No need for some construct behind the scenes where all blame can be assigned. "the narrative" Yes amazing how people on the ground in Syria have these words to say. Shame people spent so many years denigrating them as some narrative made up by George Soros.
- adsfqwop 9y ago
  Sure, burying your head in the sand is a strategy too. Good for you. Which people on the ground? You sound like you're getting your talking points from CNN. How about a reporter who has personally visited Syria and Aleppo herself? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyWGyddepw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyWGyddepw You do not seem to be aware that there are terrorists operating in Syria that are funded by the west. Let's just start with that.
  - RandVal30141 9y ago
    "Which people on the ground?" Syrians from Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Deir ez Zor, Daraya :(, and numerous other locations. "there are terrorists operating in Syria." Yes, terrorists like the Assad regime and it's foreign allies like Hezbollah. You can thank Ru MoD for providing Hezbollah with heavy weapons like tanks, btw.
mpfundstein 9y ago
Sorry for my ignorance but what is the 'deep state' . Never heard of it.
- adsfqwop 9y ago
  Late reply. Not sure if you will see this, but think of it as the part of the government that doesn't change with the new administration. That is very much simplified, but gives you some idea. You think some greenhorn administration comes in and says how things are done? No, the deep state makes the rules. They know the game, they have played it forever, they make the rules. What changes every four years is just a facade.

euyyn 9y ago

> Why would the Syrian government torture and mutilate a 13-year-old boy and then return the body/proof to the parents? The obvious possible motive is to send a signal that that's what happens if you oppose the regime. Your kid disappearing isn't as strong a message as receiving his corpse in pieces. > There was no strategical need for dropping gas but still, he apparently did... why would he? There was strategical need to drop bombs, even Assad and Putin acknowledged that. Why not gas? The lesson from the previous gas attack a few years ago, whether or not he did it, was that he could get away with it. And there's been ethnical cleansing going on on both sides in that region. So it isn't the most surprising thing either.