Syrian rebel 'beheaded by mistake'

[Betonov]

A commander of another, potentially rival rebel group beheaded.
Mistaken identity, riiiiiight

[nikimcbee]

Oops, sorry Mr. Gumby.

Whatever happen to Syria? I remember when that was the most critical subject... evah. Now, the media has moved on, and no one cares.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Oops, sorry Mr. Gumby.

Whatever happen to Syria? I remember when that was the most critical subject... evah. Now, the media has moved on, and no one cares.

I think there's an app for that.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I think there's an app for that.

[AVGWarhawk]

Oops.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by Betonov

A commander of another, potentially rival rebel group beheaded.
Mistaken identity, riiiiiight

Yeah... that stinks a bit.

Anyway rebels killing each other is wonderful news.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Yeah... that stinks a bit.

Anyway rebels killing each other is wonderful news.

No no no...we have to aid them, give them weapons and bomb evil Assad so that the brave freedom fighters will win the day and the Syrian people live happily ever after.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

No no no...we have to aid them, give them weapons and bomb evil Assad so that the brave freedom fighters will win the day and the Syrian people live happily ever after.

I think we should do just that! Well, after we kill all the al Qaeda

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

I think we should do just that! Well, after we kill all the al Qaeda

Never going to happen to wage war on an idea is utter foolishness.Terror will never go away you can not kill an idea.Someone will always use terror as a way to try to get their point across.

Al Qaeda itself just morphs and morphs again the trouble is that you have an idea and it matters not how many times you kill the leader the idea will always remain and you will always have to keep killing one after the other.And then to go to Syria and get into another mess just like if not worse than Iraq or Afghanistan surely you jest to suggest that "we" get involved.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Never going to happen to wage war on an idea is utter foolishness.Terror will never go away you can not kill an idea.Someone will always use terror as a way to try to get their point across.

Al Qaeda itself just morphs and morphs again the trouble is that you have an idea and it matters not how many times you kill the leader the idea will always remain and you will always have to keep killing one after the other.And then to go to Syria and get into another mess just like if not worse than Iraq or Afghanistan surely you jest to suggest that "we" get involved.

I was just saying what would happen in an ideal world. As it is, no matter what anyone does, people end up dying horribly.

And that just pisses me off. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to remove all sharp objects from the room

[raymond6751]

This is one reason why armies where uniforms, badges, etc...

You can't tell the good guys from the bad guys when they all are wearing whatever.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

I think we should do just that! Well, after we kill all the al Qaeda

That would be challenging... I'm afraid we would have to fire bomb and gas every rebel held corner of Syria and maybe most of goverment held too.

Just in case!

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Anyway rebels killing each other is wonderful news.

Please tell me you're being sarcastic.

Most of the non-al Qaeda rebels aren't terrorists. They're fighting against an oppressive regime.

Just like the Americans in the war of Independance.

EDIT: Actually, you're right. We shouldn't get involved with foreign dictators with moustaches.

After all, what's the worst that could happen?

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Please tell me you're being sarcastic.

Most of the non-al Qaeda rebels aren't terrorists. They're fighting against an oppressive regime.

Just like the Americans in the war of Independance.

EDIT: Actually, you're right. We shouldn't get involved with foreign dictators with moustaches.

After all, what's the worst that could happen?

Well I was mostly thinking al-Qaeda et. al. affiliated organizations as they (at my understanding) have most power and best equipment. Besides I see somewhat predictable dictator as better option than risking Taliban style goverment in future.

Also as I posted later only certain way to eradicate al-Qaeda completely from Syria is commiting genocide by killing every single human living there (and anyone tries go there). I don't advocate that option but I don't see another way if you want to be sure. Its better to keep eliminating most severe terrorist trouble makers rather than go that way.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Well I was mostly thinking al-Qaeda et. al. affiliated organizations as they (at my understanding) have most power and best equipment. Besides I see somewhat predictable dictator as better option than risking Taliban style goverment in future.

Also as I posted later only certain way to eradicate al-Qaeda completely from Syria is commiting genocide by killing every single human living there (and anyone tries go there). I don't advocate that option but I don't see another way if you want to be sure. Its better to keep eliminating most severe terrorist trouble makers rather than go that way.

Ah, OK.

War in the middle east seems to be full of bad outcomes, no matter what we do, if we intervene at all.

Assad = Bad

Al Qaeda = Bad

You've gotta feel sorry for the people living there. Really makes you realise how lucky we are.