Bashar al-Assad

Why do some people here on TSR support this man? I am trying to understand.
My family and I were huge supporters of bashar and his extended family,we thought he had the interests of our people at heart,we have met and greeted him at a number on many occasions in the past but I've realised now, He doesn't care about us,he's already killed so many of our own. I used to support this man up until late 2014,I'm happy to say no more and all of his portraits of him and his father hafez I've removed from our house,the only thing that remains is the flag of Syria,to unite us all. I put him now in the same category as ISIS. They both need to go.

While i am not a supporter of assad, i cant help but be skeptical of the claims of brutality after it turned out that the rebels in libya lied about atrocities commited. These are the same groups involved now in syria and seem to be good at drumming up support overseas for intervention.

While i am not a supporter of assad, i cant help but be skeptical of the claims of brutality after it turned out that the rebels in libya lied about atrocities commited. These are the same groups involved now in syria and seem to be good at drumming up support overseas for intervention.

Perhaps because he's the least of many evils in Syria right now.

Why do some people here on TSR support this man? I am trying to understand.
My family and I were huge supporters of bashar and his extended family,we thought he had the interests of our people at heart,we have met and greeted him at a number on many occasions in the past but I've realised now, He doesn't care about us,he's already killed so many of our own. I used to support this man up until late 2014,I'm happy to say no more and all of his portraits of him and his father hafez I've removed from our house,the only thing that remains is the flag of Syria,to unite us all. I put him now in the same category as ISIS. They both need to go.

Maybe so but that doesn't change the fact that he's also a murderer.

Those who left Syria to go and reside in European countries are considered traitors by bashar and his loyalists

The extreme left wing will always support who the mainstream are against. Assad is not a nice man, as most of us realise that, some people will defend him.

I often wonder how many on the extreme left would support HitkerHitler if he were around today.

They may be. But do you care what Assad thinks?

Do you think that the people who have left Syria and failing to help change the country are also partly responsible?

It's not always lefties tho who are supporting bashar

Remember that there's a lot of pro Assad posts made from Russian IP addresses on here.

While i am not a supporter of assad, i cant help but be skeptical of the claims of brutality after it turned out that the rebels in libya lied about atrocities commited. These are the same groups involved now in syria and seem to be good at drumming up support overseas for intervention.

All groups of Syria are in the wrong, it just comes down to who is 'worse' in regards to a threat to the UK. Assad is not a threat to the UK, the whole idea behind bombing Assad was to help overthrow him and form a democracy - basically playing World Police. I'm glad that motion was rejected in the house. ISIS pose a direct risk to the UK because of their entire ideology and purpose, so whilst it may appear as if we have done a U-turn (some of FSA splintering off to join ISIS - but I want to clarify FSA=/=ISIS) we have simply changed our priority because one poses a risk to the UK, and the other does not.

I don't think there is a single group in Syria (other than innocent civilians with no association to anyone) that have not committed atrocities of one form or another. To me, there is no 'worse' atrocity because genocide is genocide.

I often wonder how many on the extreme left would support HitkerHitler if he were around today.

I know that many members from the FSA have defected and had joined ISIS because of lack of resources.