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Subscribe to RSSUpdated at 10:50 a.m. ET: Syrian doctors tortured patients brought into a military hospital in the battered city of Homs, according to a hospital employee who filmed the apparent evidence. The video was broadcast by Britain's Channel 4 News Monday.
Later on Tuesday, the United Nations said it had similar footage.
The very graphic video, which the news channel said was filmed covertly, showed severely wounded men blindfolded and chained to hospital beds. A rubber whip and an electrical cable sit on a table in one room.
"I have seen detainees being tortured by electrocution, whipping, beating with batons, and by breaking their legs," the employee told a French photojournalist who reportedly smuggled the video outside of Syria, according to Channel 4.
The authenticity of the film could not be independently verified.
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The hospital employee said he tried to stop "the shameful things" that were happening but was called a traitor.
He said the torture was carried out by civilian and military surgeons and other medical staff including nurses. It reportedly took place in the ambulance section, the prison ward, the X-ray department and the intensive care unit. The footage was filmed over the past three months, Channel 4 said.
U.S. and European governments have been pleading for Russia to rethink his anti-interventionist stance on Syria, in what appeared to be an increasingly desperate effort for consensus among world powers to stop a crackdown that has killed more than 7,500 people.
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Hussein Malla / AP
Hundreds of Syrians, like this child and her family, have fled besieged areas in and around Homs for Lebanon or the Lebanon-Syria border.
Hundreds fled to neighboring Lebanon on Monday fearing they'd be massacred in their homes.
Calls for action to protect civilians have grown louder as the Alawite-led security apparatus cracked down on protests and an uprising that has its roots in the majority Sunni community and which has raised the prospect of civil war in Syria.
'Pictures are truly shocking'
A U.N. commission of inquiry last November documented cases of injured people taken to military hospitals where they were beaten and tortured during interrogation.
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"The High Commissioner was sent this footage by Channel 4 yesterday. In fact we have some similar footage," U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said on Tuesday.
"It may even be the same footage which was sent to the commission of inquiry on Syria," Colville, a spokesman for U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, said at a news briefing. "The pictures are truly shocking."
A U.N. inquiry documented evidence that sections of Homs military hospital and Latakia state hospital were "transformed into torture centers actually within the hospitals," he said.
Syrian activist: 'You hear the sounds of torture all the time'
Torture has been documented in Syria for 40 years, "usually carried out under the cloak of permanent security legislation," Colville said, adding: "The brutality of the country's security forces is notorious."
"Methods of torture, most of which are known to have been used in Syria over many years, not just in the past year, include severe beatings, electric shocks, suspension for long periods by the limbs, psychological torture and routine humiliation," he added.
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Before anyone comments on this, before anyone makes a comment on religion, or that it has something political to do with it, or anything of the sort, read this. They aren't Syrian, they aren't Mexican, they aren't African, they aren't American, they are SCUM. These PEOPLE are the scum of the Earth, it does not have anything to do with skin color or race. These are people like you and me, nothing more nothing less. The only way i can think of another human being as less than me is if they are missing a limb, which is the only way anyone could be lesser than someone. Please don't hate on an entire race of people because of the abomination those guys have commited, you wouldn't like to be called what a murderer is just because he is the same color as you right? Likewise.
before you commented, you might have wanted to recall the old saying, takes abigger one to know one.
Actually someone missing a limb could be considered greater than you, in that you both had similar tasks (exist), and you had an easier time of it being fully-abled. They have less to work with, and frequently do more with what they've got, because they've learned you don't one bit of it for granted, like it seems most of us do.
I dont think you meant to slight such a broad swath of people, so i dont mean to sound rude. But one way to read your statement is that racism is wrong but doing the same thing because of how many limbs someone has is OK. I'm sure you didnt mean it like that though.... right?
SayWhat2 - that was the most confusing rant I've ever read in any of these posts. What the HELL were you trying to communicate?? You seemed to insult EVERYONE - without any understanding of WHAT you were saying !! SCUM ?? Who were you describing as scum ? Syrian people, military, leaders ? WHO ??
Give it up man - you must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed.
Chuck,
I agree that SayWhat2's post was confusing, but my guess would be that he is calling "scum" whoever is supposed to be doing the torturing. I had to read it several times, but that's my guess anyway.
By Scum, I have to believe you are referring to the Hospital Staff that performed these Atrocities. In that case, I certainly agree with you. One can only hope that "Scum" like this will be tried for war crimes against humanity when this is all over. Judgment at Nuremberg will again repeat history's call for justice for the human race. May God collect the souls of all those that have suffered or paid with their lives and comfort their families.
A noble thought but I wouldn't be the farm on THAT happening.
This still does NOT legally, morally OR CONSTITUTIONALLY justify our intervention, however. This is SYRIA's matter, NOT ours.
Say What?
Saywhat2, Here's my comment you idiot these same people celebrated in the streets jumping up and down and cheering after 911. The only good Muslim is a dead one we should nuke all Muslim country.
SayWhat..I remember how they Iraqi's treated us after we saved them from the brutal dictator Saddam, I just look at history.
Leave them be they like it their way.
What is confusing about SayWhat post? His last sentence summed it up Please don't hate on an entire race of people because of the abomination those guys have commited, you wouldn't like to be called what a murderer is just because he is the same color as you right? Likewise.
The people he is referring to as Scum are the hospital staff who performed the torturous acts on the patients.
Prime example why he wrote the post is because of people like Mtex.
MTex, bombing a whole country because one group of people is so wrong. If I lived in your world, I would be bombing every white man in our country. That would rot for you to be punished because of what another white man did to me.
God Bless
Have to agree.
cheney doesn't consider it torture...they need to torture those who say it is torture...just because we are good ole boy's...us corporate folks wouldn't buy your politicians and lie to ya would we...hows the nafta work'n out for ya'...break a leg...the NWO is coming...enjoy...
javondure, you must be a Muslim if so go live in the middle east with the rest of these radical ass wholes.
I am tired of all Muslims bullsh-t they should all be exterminated.
Mtex, grow up. I understand the desire to kill people responsible, but please, your rant is the same as a Taliban Cleric. Sorry to inform you. That's not an insult, its a fact. Go look at the hate preached by religious nut jobs around the world. Your rant is the same as theirs.
These people are a depraved lot!
Hello folks, when will we discard our Imperialistic mindset? We’ve caused enough trouble around the world. If you can't see that we are the instigators in most of the world's wars and displacement of millions of people who are fleeing our aggression, than you are in denial and are not paying attention. If you don’t think we have been in Syria covertly arming the rebels you are in denial and forgetting about Libya. We need to stay out of other country’s civil disputes. I hope we aren’t going to go against the United Nations vote earlier this year and unilaterally go into Syria under the pretext that we need to stop the violence like we did in Libya. General Wesley Clark has stated that a Syria invasion has been pre-planned for quite awhile.
General Wesley Clark: "America will take out 7 countries in 5 years"
According to Former NATO supreme allied commander, former presidential candidate and 4 star US General Wesley Clark that they had received a memo that America is going to take out 7 countries in the Middle East starting with Iraq, Libya, Syria Lebanon Sudan and Somalia, seeing what's going on today in Libya but also in Syria where violent protests are ongoing, it is amazing how these things that were planned years ago are being achieved in front of our eyes.
Why is it other countries feel like they have to defend their territory? Could it be that they know we have no problem invading their sovereignty just as we have done to countless other countries. Since World War II, 90% of the casualties of war are unarmed civilians. 1/3 of them children. Our victims have done nothing to us. From Palestine to Afghanistan to Iraq to Somalia to wherever our next target may be, their murders are not collateral damage, they are the nature of modern warfare. They don't hate us because of our freedoms. They hate us because every day we are funding and committing crimes against humanity. The so-called "war on terror" is a cover for our military aggression to gain control of the resources of western Asia.
This is sending the poor of this country to kill the poor of those Muslim countries. This is trading blood for oil. This is genocide, and to most of the world, we are the terrorists. In these times, remaining silent on our responsibility to the world and its future is criminal. And in light of our complicity in the supreme crimes against humanity in Iraq and Afghanistan, and ongoing violations of the U.N. Charter in International Law, how dare any American criticize the actions of legitimate resistance to illegal occupation.
We are going into Syria for a couple of reasons (yes we are in Syria with our Drones at a minimum), one, we are trying to dislodge Russia from there because they have a foothold in the Middle East via two military bases in Latakia and Tartus in Syria. Two, Syria is a strong ally of Iran. If we invade Syria we take out a strong ally and maybe incite Iran to assist giving the U.S. the reason they are looking for to attack Iran. The ultimate goal is to surround, weaken and to invade Iran. The petro dollar is at stake as other countries are switching to other forms of currency in buying Iran’s oil.
Since the Russian war in 1828, Iran has never attacked another country. We on the other hand have attacked to name a few:
Libya, Iran, Nicaragua, Haiti, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Angola, Mozambique, Honduras, Chile, Congo, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, Angola, Columbia, Peru, Panama, Yemen, Pakistan, Grenada, Mexico, etc..
Wake up people we are being herded down the Military Industrial Complex gauntlet again to another false war to enrich the greedy Corporations and distract the American people. Did we not learn anything from the Iraq war where we have killed well over 1 million Iraqi people, lost thousands of American lives and God knows how many hundreds of billions of dollars?
Who do you support, humanity or the greedy elite?
Many of our soldiers don't fight for America, they fight for their lives and their buddies beside them, because we put them in a war zone. They're not defending our freedoms, they're laying the foundation for permanent military bases to defend the freedoms of Exxon Mobil and British Petroleum.
Face it we're Imperialists pure and simple. The elite look down on all of us as expendable chattel.
"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy" Henry Kissinger
I’m not asking you to hate war but to love peace. War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!
Im of the oppinion that Mtex should be exterminated ...speaking or radical A holes.
The whole world is waiting for the US to send in troops or start bombing the heck out of Syria, where is the Arab league? Why can't they send in their own soldiers to fight for their brothers and sisters in Syria? What are they waiting for?
@trustverify, Speak for yourself only!!!! I happen to come from a long line of brave men and women who served this country because they belived in the greater good. Go rant to Obama about your issues with the elite and while your doing that ask him why the hell it cost me $70.00 to fill up my minivan. Gas is $3.89 a gallon in my area.
I watched the Dali Lama last night. Guess what? We are all the same on the inside...our souls. Many say, leave it alone. Human compassion people. Heard of it? We are all brothers and sisters. How very sad. I wish I could do something to help these people.
Ah yes. An old proverb among the worlds 5 year olds.
Diverdown1...But you can do something.You just choose not to.
hmm all of those places you listed trustverify are hell holes. My world view is as this those that have the power to do something about it have the responsibility to do so as a human being.
The authenticity of the film could not be independently verified.
remember when the Iraqis were throwing premature babies out of incubators, that turned out to be a lie as well.
WHO BENEFITS? from war in Syria.
Nayirah (testimony) refers to the controversial testimony given before the non-governmental Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990, by a female who provided only her first name, Nayirah. In her emotional testimony, Nayirah stated that after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait she had witnessed Iraqi soldiers take babies out of incubators in a Kuwaiti hospital, take the incubators, and leave the babies to die. Though reporters did not then have access to Kuwait, her testimony was regarded as credible at the time and was widely publicized. It was cited numerous times by United States senators and the president in their rationale to back Kuwait in the Gulf War.
Her story was initially corroborated by Amnesty International and testimony from evacuees. Following the liberation of Kuwait, reporters were given access to the country and found the story of stolen incubators unsubstantiated. However, they did find that a number of people, including babies, died when nurses and doctors fled the country.
In 1992, it was revealed that Nayirah's last name was al-á¹¢abaḥ (Arabic: نيره الصباØ) and that she was the daughter of Saud bin Nasir Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States. Furthermore, it was revealed that her testimony was organized as part of the Citizens for a Free Kuwait public relations campaign which was run by Hill & Knowlton for the Kuwaiti government. Following this, al-Sabah's testimony has largely come to be regarded as wartime propaganda.
Some people have "on" and "off" vision and memory!
They come into action only when required. They worked overtime before and during Iraq wars. Then they went out of action.
Why not many discuss and focus like this sponsored news article on the fate of poor US and other NATO soldiers maimed and killed during Iraqi wars and Afghanistan?
Mtex banned for wishing for genocide.
Take it somewhere else.
Pr0Cyn1c, don't respond like this. See rule # 1 of the Code of Honor.
You are suspended for a day.
This is horrible, if it's true but one can't help but get the feeling that the media is pushing for U.S. involvement in Syria. Everyday it's some new horror story, and the horror story always focuses on the government and not the uprising. Are the up-risers all cotton candy and lollipops? It's rather amazing when you think about it. According to the mainstream media, those in the uprising are all saints. Has anyone seen one negative story about the uprising? I say this because Syria is essentially in a civil war and taking sides in a civil war on the other side of the world never ends well.
You're probably right about the pushing for involvement, but there's an awful lot to support the claims of terrible systemic atrocities occurring. I doubt the uprisers have hospitals to torture people in, or attack choppers to sic on their opponents, or really any of that. And if its true, than why wouldnt we socially stand behind the underdogs apparently being slaughtered in the streets? It's the only decent thing to do.
BTW France pulled our feet out of the fire during our revolution. From halfway around the world. Everything went fine.
Take care you dont embrace indifference and apathy as survival skills. It might hurt to look around but you still need to do it from time to time. Good luck.
The problem is that we have no way of knowing for sure if it is true or not. The article said the video could not be independently verified. It's possible that it was faked by someone in the opposition to try to get the West involved in Syria. It was sent to a British TV station and broadcast and put on their web site, and then later taken down. Maybe they came to realize it was faked.
Be careful with this hospital story .
We have seen this before, when Iraq invaded Kuwait remember . After we liberated Kuwait, we learned those stories were false. They were staged to drag us into Operation Desert Storm. I'm not saying these stories are false BUT BE CAREFUL. The war mongers and spin doctors may very well be at work here.
bob
Columbus Ohio: yes France pulled out feet out of the fire during the Revolution, but it didn't end well for our friend Louis XVI or his wife Marie Antoinette: the Revolution showed the French about revolting against the monarchy, the financial crisis resulting from the cost of fighting the British helped bring about the French Revolution and a few thousand heads got guillotined.
Then Napoleon came out of the chaos and tried to conquer Europe.
I do feel sorry for the Syrian people, and in person I'd like to roundhouse kick Assad in the head, but I'm not sure we should expend coin or risk our lives to interfere: the US is not the policeman of the world. Let the Arab states put their money where their mouth is.
The Middle East is like Jurassic Park: let the velociraptors fight and eat each other and stay the h311 out of it!
paganponderer,
"the Revolution showed the French about revolting against the monarchy"
Yes, but without the French Revolution, France would not be a democracy today.
Paganponderer is 100 percent correct- if we get involved this won't end in any other way but badly for us.
Stay out of it, U.S.A.
Just for the sake of accuracy and context, France "pulling our feet from the fire" had nothing to do with supporting the underdog. 1. France didn't agree to become militarily involved until the Americans convinced France that they could feasibly defeat the British. 2. The French desire to gt involved was less about supporting the American cause and more about undercutting the power and influence of their rival, the British Empire, while hopefully gaining favorable trade conditions with the New World through a partnership with the US. It was all commerce and political strategy. Nothing more. Similar to all those proxy wars fought by us and the Russians in the Cold War.
Bob1/28 is right to doubt the credibility of these "torture videos", especially in view of the recent revelation that Al Jazeera---the propaganda mouthpiece of the Qatar monarchy---fabricated videos that allegedly depicted Syrian atrocities.
Video leaked from Al Jazeera showed (amongst other clumsy attempts at propaganda) children being dressed with fake bandages and coached on what to say to Al Jazeera's interviewers.
Web search terms for the skeptical: "In Syria Al Jazeera’s Credibility Implodes By Peter Lee"
dear idiot Stesilaus,
if thats the best you can say than i can tell ur a pro assad gov spy whos trying to make everything unstable
ps ur really retarded
How one can conclude on the basis of news report based on one smuggled viedo?
al-Qaida has been in that business for a long time!
If one examines other Muslim nations like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other nations, many are shot even before being taken to hospitals. In many places, even hospitals are bombed.
Syrian rebels are supported by al-Qaida.
In other places, these al-Qaida and other Islamic militants are fighting Amerika, US and NATO forces and those associated with Amerika.
Does it make any sense to support Syrian rebels just like getting into Iraqi wars with an invented "phantom beast" like Saddam and getting battered from from all sides?
Who profited and lost from Iraqi wars?
Obama must be waiting for the new shipment of superman suits from walmart to arrive from China before actually doing anything other than blah blah blah.
ok smartguy, just what would you have him do?
Snakes will be snakes.
Possibly a trial run of hospitalization under Obamacare in Syria??
More likely the "enhanced interrogation" we'd see from a "defender of the constitution" Tea Party president. Ron Paul, perhaps...
It could be just routine medical tests they are performing. Some medical tests can be pretty gruesome and might be classified as a form of torture by some people.
Watch out NC Vet, don't pick on the left or Toasty goes on the offensive.lol
Ya, and like the whole thing could not be faked. McCain and the U.N. will do anything to push their military agenda. Do not believe it, and saying it is the real thing, still will not believe it.
If the U.S. and other counties, who would rule in place of the current government, had not interfered in any way and that includes demanding military aid to the thugs (sorry, REBELS), then it might be believable.
Like all the horrible treatment of prisoners that come out of the Middle East. No way to tell even with the best equipment that they were not faked.
These so called rebels have cried wolf too many times.
Let them settle their own problems.
I hate to say it but if the US or any western country intervens then the arab/muslim world will hold them totally responsible and these good western people will be damned.
Look at Iraq and/or Saudi Arabia...it is inner country politics and let them settle things themselves or with the help of the Arab League.
But we must ask ourselves what is the greater torture? This or the gop race?
I know this story is about the supposed inhuman suffering that Assad has caused his people and that his evil justifies our intervention in promoting his fall, but we did that before in Libya. How did that work out for the people. Not so much? Not at all?
It didn't work out so well in Afghanistan or Iraq either. Or Egypt. Maybe we don't know what the hell we are doing. Maybe for the sake of the people we should stay the hell out of it.
In this Country "America" if you Take up arms against this Government you are a terrorist!
You will be systematically killed also if you take up arms against this Government!
You are a traitor if you accept foreign aid to topple this Government.
Syria is doing what john Mc Cains bill allows. The assassination of American citizen anywhere in the world if they take up arms against this nation.
So what is the differnce between Syria and America?
I can't help but think to agree with you. If a group of Americans were to arm themselves and hole up in one city, the military would pound the hell out of them.
Imagine it ....
allycat5st, great comment
Good point. Our hands are not completely clean either. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean we shouldn't care when individuals, including children, are being tortured and starved. What separates humans from animals? Humans are capable of both more kindness and more cruelty than any other species. Obviously, we would like to live in a world where kindness trumps cruelty. We each have a responsibility to fight against cruelty and hatred in whatever small way we can. Labeling an entire religion, race, or country as evil fosters more cruelty and hatred. Don't go there.
The difference, uh, "Cat", is that this DID NOT START as an armed rebellion; it started with protests. If we protest in this country, the gov't does NOT pull out the military and start SHOOTING!
No, that's what Assad did. And IF my country was to start shooting peaceful protesters, YES! I would take up arms against my own country because THEN it wouldn't be my country anymore.
I live in a country where I'm allowed to protest, picket and redress my government over wrongs. They don't. They open their mouths and they are SHOT.
See the difference?
Regardless of how it "started", it is a new situation now. It will be another new situation if we stick our noses in AGAIN. If any of you are willing to go over there and fight for a country whose citizens were dancing in the streets after 9-11 and would have been overjoyed with any destruction to our country, then go for it. I love my country and would re-enlist without thinking twice if I was truly needed, but I'll be damned if any of us signed up to go fight in a civil war where both sides hate us, well that is until one is getting slaughtered. Then all of a sudden its "poor us" and "how can you sit there and watch us get killed". If some of you want to go and continue to put OUR lives at risk so that YOU can pretend like you have your priorities straight, then the first thing you can do is send over your kids, father, mother, or other loved ones, pray that they don't die fighting for someone that hates us, then draw a big circle on my butt, and kiss the bullseye.
Our military is to defend our country (and debatingly our countries interests). There is nothing to defend in Syria. Nothing.
MSNBC writes, "The authenticity of the film could not be independently verified." But MSNBC opresents it as though is were verified truth.
In all of these Middle East wars false "evidence" is regularly fed to Western media to try to tug the heart strings of the Western public. It is at least as likely that this film is staged as that it is real.
But MSNBC, despite its little all-but-hidden disclaimer, presents it a verified truth.
Yeah Joe, you're not paranoid: it's all just a conspiracy by the evil media that aways happens to report things that make your political views look bad...
Yeah Joe, listen to Toasty; Media good, suspicion of them bad. The media is independent and objective and if you resist, you must be a conspiracy nutcase. Resistance is futile.
Yeah Toasty McGrath------ You can verify it, no doubt.
Yes, the media will lie, by implication.
if the US or UN doesnt help the syrian people, they will always hate the west and for good reason.
they need to get the act together in the middle east...seems the infidels...need to stay out of their affairs...
I am so sorry for the Syrian people....I pray for their souls. Death maybe a better alternative than the hell they are living with. If Assad thinks he will have any respect after this, he can forget it...the world will turn its back on him...only the monsters stand together.
jennifer, New York - you make me sick to my stomach these same sorry ass Syrian people rejoice after 911. So if you want to be sorry for someone how about the death of the peoples of 911.
Ditto, Jennifer.
i'm rejoicing how thankful it is not to be in their country...corporate america is gon'a get rich...selling them body bag's...
made in china...
Mtex- You're a real humanitarian. Of course, since non-Americans aren't human, you don't need to feel sorry for them, right? Suffering is universal. It's too bad that compassion isn't.
helicohunter, why don't you go eat sh-t and bark at the moon you real ass hole!!!!
dear mtex,
an educated person debates with facts not a bunch of words that prove to the world the real idiot u r. I pity the people in Syria who are starvin and being tortured and killed every day. The estimate death toll is over 7,500 and this has to stop. The more human compassion we have in this world the less wars there would be. And these r'nt the people who were celebrating during 9-11 those were the alqaeda members. Theres a HUGE difference between alqaeda and a regular muslim. Anyway these are syrians and we need to help them as we would help anyone else.
The thing is we really don't know what is going on and reports don't mean the truth because reporters are not allowed in to know the whole truth of what is truely going on but I am just saying.
I barely know the truth of what is really going on in this country much less another country half way around the world and sadly that is a fact.
I hate to rely on reporters to report the truth....when is the last time you read a newspaper.
This has all the earmarks of propaganda staged and produced, directed, and filmed by the rebels with the USA as the 'target audience' to gain support, sympathy, and military assistance. I doubt even McCain will bite on this one. Wouldn't surprise me if someone produced it in Los Angeles. If it is true, however, then, the Arab League should do something about it. Don't call us. We'll call you.
You don't know our Sen(ile) John McCain-R (Az). He bites at anything that will get him in the news!
TheAZCowBoy
Tombstone, AZ.
Sadly McCain is already calling for the U.S. to get involved. I have to admit, my heart strings are being pulled but haven't we learned after Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi, Afganistan, and Libya that we cannot be involved in the change that is coming in the Middle East. It seems that when outsiders get involved in the Middle East as far back as WWI we (Westerners) only seem to screw it up. I think we need to pay more attention to Iran and nukes.
What, no riots from the outraged mooslums of the world? If any western people would have done this we would never hear the end of it...................
they are what they are... let them be good to each other...with out infidel intrusion...
assads just taking after his dad hopfully he wont be there pres as long and wont kill as many innocent people as he did :/
Sorry, but at this point I can't support or believe the justification for anymore illegal invasions of sovereign countries by the US military and the industrial complex who controls our elected officials.
If someone from our government was genuinely interested in helping these people, they should've thought about that before lying to everyone about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya b/c the US has zero credibility anymore as a result of its previous actions and deceitful manipulation of the international community.
so thats your justification to not help anyone who is suffering?
Honestly, I'd probably be a bit more open to helping the Syrians if our own country wasn't so incredibly screwed up and in desperate need of help itself.
Vote Ron Paul and safe yourselves.
Who gives a damn who you want to vote for? Why do you even think we are screwed up? Get over your inferior complex and start seeing the big picture? We at least have opportunities ere that you don't have anywhere else.
Ron Paul is supported by Neo-Nazi's and skinheads. This is not a man that I would EVER want to see with any power. Your coming here and throwing your support to him makes me question your intelligence?
Thank you for your opinion about the US credibility. No country has done more to support peace and opression around the world. Your opinion is really one sided, the left side and really simple. You see black and white in a colored world. The world is not that way, governments are not that way. Everybody and I mean everybody deserves a chance. Fighting for people who don't have a chance is a noble cause. But I see you supporting murderers like Gadaffi, the Taliban, Hamas, Hezobollah and any other organization that is anti American or anti Western.
You should have some pride where you are from, and what we are capable of. We are from the greatest country in the World. We fought and freed the world from murderous leaders like Hitler, and we helped free China from Japan. Try a constructive approach instead of the negative approach you take with our government and the soldiers who have shed blood protecting our lives and lifestyles.
Cowards.
Dear MSNBC,
Please stop reporting on things you can't verify. How do you know this video isn't fictional?
But if it isn't, holey moley! Everybody has to do these awful acts, torturing and killing their neighbors so that they same doesn't happen to them! It's like a dystopian novel. 'You're either with us or against us. And if you don't torture and murder 'traitors' then you're one of them'
Truly a horrifying thought.
Oh, but how are the US Jewish media owners and operators (FOX, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, ABC, et. al.) going to 'sic' the US on Israel's enemies if they don't 'poison' our minds against Israel's enemies. Remember, 12/2008 Israel's brutal murderous attack on Gaza. (Called Operation Cast Lead) as the Jews massacred some 1,500 innocent civilian Palestinians (420 of them babies and infants) with US supplied F-16s, Apache helicopters with their horrendous Hellfire anti-tank missiles. Meanwhile, the US Jewish media, 'Quiet as synagogue mice!!!! Yup, them Israeli low lives really know how to play their cards against the American 'sheeple!'
Yassar, you have to hand it to the US Jewish owned and operated media. Demonize the people the terrorist Jews want taken out by the US (Pull-eze) and let's do whatever it take to keep young IDF punks of the Israeli army from having to go spill their blood of the 'sacred' Jewish hyena's and let's get a few 'more' of the 'goyims' soldiers (That's non-Jews for the uninformed) killed. In Syria the UNITED SNAKES (US/Israel) are funding the (Yup, you got it!) Libyan 'rebel's' (We're baaaaaack!) flown into the Jordan/Syrian border by US/Israel transports, where they are getting armed and trained in terrorist tactics by (Yup!) US soldiers that 'thought they we're going home from Iraq last winter.' The good news is that Assads are 'kicking ass' finally (Whew!) and the United Snakes 'terrorists' have retreated to Lebanon and Jordan - but, the bad news is that until the Middle East is made safe for Jewish terrorism the 'evil twins' will persist in trying to take out Papa Assad.
Insurance man; remind me to cancel my policy next time. You're a bit hysterical on the Jewish hyena rant.
Thanks for breaking my heart with the picture of the little girl MSNBC.......All of you who say it is none of our business ...well when human beings are are slaughtered, people are being tortured....children are suffering and dying ...it is everyone's business. I cannot imagine having to protect my children from tanks and rocket fire. I hope that this insanity end soon ......
it's their government let them deal with it...same for the illegals that slip into our country...they need to get the hell out...
Well looks like Plain Bob has the " plain " answers for everything .... Hey...I need some financial advise ....can you send me your email genius ???
i'm to broke...to buy a stamp for e-mail...money is to tight to mention...hope ya' hit the lotto...
A stamp for E-Mail ...wow you're a comedian too. Well hell.... you do it all ...
David,
That is not a comment, that's a full-fledged rant. Where did you get such hatred for one group of people?
When someone explodes with so much venom, I feel they lose credibility.
You may be correct in what you say (I don't agree with your theories, but that's not the point), but you would have more chance of being taken seriously if you would tone it down.
Electrocution, beatings, broken legs.. good thing they weren't waterboarded. But these acts were performed by doctors and nurses??? Now that's sick.