Civil War in Syria

[patrick1]

Actually the French played the main role in wiping out Gaddafi's air force, and that part of the operation went incredibly easy.

Without US Support, the Europeans have logistics problems operating in blue water and in force projection.

[patrick1]

You know Ive been meaning to bump a Syria thread for a while to see what some of the more strident anti Assad, pro-intervention folks are at now.  Ive been following the non-traditional forms of news and some videos coming out unfiltered directly from Syria. The FSA aligned forces have really gotten ugly. The al Nasra and ISIL elements are just absolutely appalling and worse than Assad. Do we really want to take sides with groups composed of the Takfiri types who are carving peoples heads off?  Looking with a jaundiced eye, Im glad that these extremists in al Nasra and ISIL have been killing each other and not turning their energies toward us. God help the Alawi and Christians and moderate Sunnis if these type had a say in governance.

[patrick1]

cnn.com has a story about barrel bombs on their main page right now. Where is their coverage of the extremists on the other side looping people's heads off and committing massacres? There seems to be zero sense of balanced, actual reporting.