Another Why?

Another “why” in my periodic questions about life.

We all know that in Syria the conflict creates nothing but misery.

If the Assad regime truly cared about its people then the cruelty of conflict would have ended a long time ago or not have esculated to the civilian population. If the rebel factions truly

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Civil War – A misnomer

Why do we call them civil wars? There is nothing civil about it.

The Latin term “bellum civile” was first used in the roman civil wars of the 1st century BC and it’s been adopted for other historical conflicts.

If you look at the pictures of slaughter and the mass graves coming out of

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Why?

I have a bunch of “Why” questions in this blog.

Why does Turkey have to retaliate for the downing of their jet fighter that strayed into Syrian territority. Turkey admitted that it strayed and Syria said it was a mistake to shoot it down. What more do they need?

These things happen at borders

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Syria’s Carnage

How many deaths must the world not know about before the reasonable authorities of the world condemn China and Russia for letting the Syrian regime kill, murder, maim and wound their citizens under the guise of civil control?

China and Russia vetoed any help the United Nations might offer the people of Syria. China

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