Aleppo 2018

[Teutone]

Assad has been unfairly demonised by the West, Isis, and Israel. He is the best hope for Syria and is all that stands between the savage hardcore Islamist "rebels" who would turn Syria into a tribal shithole like Libya. Assad defends the Christian minorities,if the rebels won they would butcher the remaining Christians. He's also extremely articulate, I enjoy watching videos of him destroying corrupt Zionist journalists.

Syria the only nation where the Christian demographics stayed the same after the arab spring.

[Kazimiera]

...on his way to the Bäckerei.

[Teutone]

Er weiß wovon er redet, er ist in Hamburg!

[Georgia]

Assad is not the demon portrayed by Western media,but he isn’t a saint either,life before the war under his regime was far from idyllic.

The Alawi regime in Syria is a classic case of a minority ruling over a hostile majority,it’s a recipe for disaster.

The only way for Syria to leave behind sectarianism is the entrenchment of a strong Syrian national identity within the framework of equal citizenship, pluralistic democracy and the protection of minority rights.

This is easier said than done of course.

[Teutone]

Assad is not the demon portrayed by Western media,but he isn’t a saint either,life before the war under his regime was far from idyllic.

The Alawi regime in Syria is a classic case of a minority ruling over a hostile majority,it’s a recipe for disaster.

The only way for Syria to leave behind sectarianism is the entrenchment of a strong Syrian national identity within the framework of equal citizenship, pluralistic democracy and the protection of minority rights.

This is easier said than done of course.

I think the Attacks of Israel and the USA actually strenghen the Syrian identity and Assads role as anti imperialist.

So all the US and Israel involvement is counter productive in make Assad weak.

[Thanas Django]

Er weiß wovon er redet, er ist in Hamburg!

There were two Syrians on the street today, playing Pokemon Go probably, and one of them turns to the other and says "Pikachu Shiny habibi" and the other replies "Wallah wallah".

I almost spit my coffee.

[Georgia]

I think the Attacks of Israel and the USA actually strenghen the Syrian identity and Assads role as anti imperialist.

So all the US and Israel involvement is counter productive in make Assad weak.

It doesn’t change the fact that Assad remains extremely unpopular among the Arab Sunni masses.

Religion is an important factor,but of course social and economic reasons shouldn’t be overlooked,for example many Syrian Sunnis from the middle class support Assad,while marginalized Sunni regions became hotbeds of the revolution.

The country is in need of a new governance model,going back to the corrupt regime of the pre-2011 era will inevitably lead to another war.

Assad is good for the time being,but I don’t see how his rule can be beneficial for Syria in the long run.

[Teutone]

It doesn’t change the fact that Assad remains extremely unpopular among the Arab Sunni masses.


Religion is an important factor,but of course social and economic reasons shouldn’t be overlooked,for example many Syrian Sunnis from the middle class support Assad,while marginalized Sunni regions became hotbeds of the revolution.

The country is in need of a new governance model,going back to the corrupt regime of the pre-2011 era will inevitably lead to another war.

Assad is good for the time being,but I don’t see how his rule can be beneficial for Syria in the long run.

Assad gotta do what Atatürk did, put government im control of the mosques forming a goverment controlled islamic "ministry" finance mosques, qouran schools and imams.

This way you can control what they teach and the clerics wont speak against the force they recieve their paychecks from.

This could lead to a more Arab/Syrian identiry instead of a religious one. They been there before and can go back.

The will of uprising amoung the Sunnis must be crumbled anyway after this conflict.

[Marmara]

Refugees say they won't return unless Assad steps down.

[Marmara]

Assad gotta do what Atatürk did, put government im control of the mosques forming a goverment controlled islamic "ministry" finance mosques, qouran schools and imams.

This way you can control what they teach and the clerics wont speak against the force they recieve their paychecks from.

This could lead to a more Arab/Syrian identiry instead of a religious one. They been there before and can go back.

The will of uprising amoung the Sunnis must be crumbled anyway after this conflict.

Assad is an Alawi and Baath regime favours Alawis, there is a clear secterian division, it's not the same with Ataturk who was from a Sunni family.