This is a shit take. Ahmed al-Sharaa renounced al Qaeda years ago and has demonstrated leadership as a moderate who protects ethnic minorities. He aligned with al Qaeda in Iraq in 2003 against the US invasion that most of us were protesting at home
Cool, so then, why did 1500 people just upvote a picture of a tweet calling him a terrorist, and criticizing the lifting of sanctions against him? Why did only like 40 people downvote it? That’s what I’m calling out.
Where were you when in that thread, by the way? Why are you criticizing my take and not that one? Don’t tell me you only saw the thread sitting at 7 upvotes and missed the one with 1500. My bad.
My apologies. I tried to control-F and apparently that doesn’t work on usernames.
In any case, my take is essentially just, “Hands off Syria.” I didn’t think we should arm him, I don’t think we should sanction him, etc. I don’t really think that’s a shit take, but it’s certainly drawn some criticism over the years.
He’s literally cozying up to Israel and the US and ignoring their occupation of/attacks on his lands, which ramped up when he overthrew the previous regime, weakening the country in the midst of extreme Zionist aggression.
I’d also love to know how he’s “protecting ethnic minorities” by launching raids against them and threatening to invade them to seize their towns.
Next, you’ll denounce these sources, which directly shatter that false eurolib, chauvinistic, ahistoric narrative, as “Assad-ist”. If you’re eager to to engage in Alternate History, do it in a D&D game or something.
Being a “moderate who protects ethnic minorities” by launching raids and threatening to fully invade their towns while ignoring Israels own occupation and bombardments against them.
This is a shit take. Ahmed al-Sharaa renounced al Qaeda years ago and has demonstrated leadership as a moderate who protects ethnic minorities. He aligned with al Qaeda in Iraq in 2003 against the US invasion that most of us were protesting at home
Cool, so then, why did 1500 people just upvote a picture of a tweet calling him a terrorist, and criticizing the lifting of sanctions against him? Why did only like 40 people downvote it? That’s what I’m calling out.
Where were you when in that thread, by the way? Why are you criticizing my take and not that one? Don’t tell me you only saw the thread sitting at 7 upvotes and missed the one with 1500.My bad.I have the second most upvoted comment on that post: https://mander.xyz/comment/19100228
My apologies. I tried to control-F and apparently that doesn’t work on usernames.
In any case, my take is essentially just, “Hands off Syria.” I didn’t think we should arm him, I don’t think we should sanction him, etc. I don’t really think that’s a shit take, but it’s certainly drawn some criticism over the years.
He’s literally cozying up to Israel and the US and ignoring their occupation of/attacks on his lands, which ramped up when he overthrew the previous regime, weakening the country in the midst of extreme Zionist aggression.
I’d also love to know how he’s “protecting ethnic minorities” by launching raids against them and threatening to invade them to seize their towns.
https://thecradle.co/articles/government-forces-commit-nearly-two-dozen-massacres-hundreds-of-field-executions-on-syrias-coast
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250425-syria-president-al-sharaa-open-to-normalising-ties-with-israel-under-the-right-conditions/
https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2025/05/syria-arrests-pflp-gc-secretary-general/
[Among other things], Women Told to Cover Up, Forbidden From Being Outside Without Male Guardian in Syria
Next, you’ll denounce these sources, which directly shatter that false eurolib, chauvinistic, ahistoric narrative, as “Assad-ist”. If you’re eager to to engage in Alternate History, do it in a D&D game or something.
Being a “moderate who protects ethnic minorities” by launching raids and threatening to fully invade their towns while ignoring Israels own occupation and bombardments against them.