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1. If you assert, as does this superficial analysis by @mehdirhasan, that the allegations of war crimes against President Assad are undeniably accurate simply based on their number and repetition, you're either incompetent, or a liar.
theintercept.com/2018/04/19/dea…
1. If you assert, as does this superficial analysis by @mehdirhasan, that the allegations of war crimes against President Assad are undeniably accurate simply based on their number and repetition, you're either incompetent, or a liar.
theintercept.com/2018/04/19/dea…
2. The article makes two critical errors of note. The first is to cite sources without investigation of their integrity & veracity. When writing on a conflict with perhaps the most heated propaganda war in history, this is either a failure in diligence, or a deliberate omission.
3. Given that there is a history and comprehensive body of evidenced work and analysis that raises serious questions and often provides refutations of the Western promoted narratives, it's inexcusable not to address the countervailing points in any serious treatment of the issue.
4. The second error is to claim an anti-intervention position whilst reinforcing the propaganda construct that is being used to manufacture consent for intervention. It's equivalent to supplying ammunition to terrorists whilst claiming that you don't support terrorism.
5. Lastly, the fact that a number of articles of this nature have come out in close sequence is enough to generate concern about a shared motive, which seems to involve applying acceptable limitations and parameters to the forms and language of dissent.
