Fascinating. And who is it, exactly, that paid off these multi-billion dollar media corporations that compete with each other and could profit tremendously from revealing that their competitors had been bribed? Or that someone had tried to bribe them? That's a hell of a story. How much money does it take to get a company to blatantly lie like that? Or in this case, several companies? Billions? Tens of billions? Come on turn, help me out, I'm a math guy.

Also, this is pretty much an aside at this point, but why should I care that Al Queda is on the rebels' side? How is that more important than all the terrible things Assad has done?

Al Queda probably is among rebels, but they are clearly not the only ones.

That's how revolutions always go, a bunch of very different organizations get together to overthraw the government, the turn on eachother. You never know which one ends up grabbing the power in the end, usually it's the nastiest of the bunch. To me, and appearently to most on the west, Assad and Al Queda appear about the same level of nasty, so while the things look crappy for the Syrians, the result wont make much difference.

That's why no one is coming to Syria to end it, not British , not French, not Americans.

They all talk about how much they feel for poor Syrians, but they do nothing, and secretly hope that the battle goes on for as long as possible, so the new government of Syria (whoever that might be) wont start looking for trouble outside their country and do something stupid.

Assad was born with a Silver Spoon in his mouth. Nothing like this General from Syria. This guy has the courage of a Lion.

Assad is a Coward, just like his barbaric father.

Why can't Assad be caught?--am sure the US Government and NATO are following Assad, waiting for the right moment to use the Drone on him--(yes, most likely the US has their hands in this one as well).

"Timing is everything", while massive massacres are happening at the cost of killing civilians..

Tlas father was in the inner circle of Assad's father. Brig general becomes a general for these media.

Their whole family was settled in France except this person. So this Sunni Tlas just ran away there!

By chance, if Assad, one of the best ME ruler, wins don't be surprised if the Tlas sings a different song and join Assad.

That would probably be wise, but the rebels aren't likely to easily trust and take orders from someone who was part of the old regime. And Tlas wasn't just part of the old military, but part of Assad's inner circle. While it's to his credit that he defected and was unwilling to see the Syrian people slaughtered indefinitely, he still oversaw a lot of brutality and oppression, and I doubt many rebels would be willing to readily ignore that.

Hard to say, though. A lot of the SFA forces are defected soldiers, so maybe it wouldn't cause too much tension. But I think it would cause too many problems since the revolutionaries are divided enough as they are.

Traitors (Like whistle blowers) are hated by both sides. I see his freshly starched fatigues and spit shined boots soaked in blood in a few months and fat arsed Hillary laying a wreath at his paupers grave funeral site.

I'm that idiot, thank you. Don't know why you bothered to read and answer my question but couldn't look at my username.

That's a shocking revelation you have there, that the government owns the media. And I imagine that all the corporate bigwigs that manage the media companies would be equally shocked that either they or their subordinates are taking orders from the government. Somehow they never mentioned that in my 7th grade classes, so maybe I just went to a lousy school. I assume you have obvious proof for something like that, since you act as if everyone should know it? That would be awesome.

Hey SF accountant

Any idea what happened in Guatemala in the 1950's with Carlos Castillo Armas? and the CIA? and the United Fruit Company? Well, do some research and then you would have a broader understanding about The Media/USA governement. You would find some very fascinating facts...

You are right.

With Iraqi wars, we lost trillions and thousands of soldiers.

Who benefitted: Sunni Saudis, Kuwaiti, UAE and other ME rulers, oil companies, lobbyists, bankers and a few.

We got austerity measures, unemployment, health care cost cuts and many a times as "lazy" not willing to work.

In Europe it is worse with PIIGS.

That Hague, the cheap British agent of lobbyists, should shut his mouth. Tony Blair another cheap agent did huge damages in Iraqi wars.

Sunni Saudis became richer with oil price manipulations and financed the Sunni Islamic extremist Salaffi and Wahhabi mosques all over the world.

Followers of Islamic cult, especially Sunni Saudi inspired Islamic radicals and militants (al-Qaida, Salaffi, Wahhabi, MB and other label ones), are fast marching backwards to their seventh century desert tribal days of rapings, lootings, killings and genocides of non-Muslims and Muslims.

See al-Qaida and other Sunni radicals' genocides of Christians in Darfur, S. Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and the other places.

New chapters are opening up in Egypt.

If Saddam was there, Saudis and co would have been busy fighting him instead of spreading their Sunni Islamic Salaffi and Wahhabi extremism all over the world at this fast rate.

Syria, Iran and other Shiites vs Sunni battles are not ours. Just keep away.

In pouncing on us, all will join hands!

Even Jewish lobby must have some patience instead of jumping on Saudis side in Iran and Syria.

Salaffi and MB backed Islamists will hurt Israel most.

Now we are talking business, very interesting to know that there are people who really can see what's going on with all those interventions, wars, invasions, and all those sort of things.

Do not misundertand me, I love my country but what we are doing all over the world it is not in the best interest of humankind, and worst of all, do not benefit our great country. probably we need to make a turn of 180 degrees, and rethink what we are really doing...

You keep saying that he's "one of the best ME Muslim rulers" like you expect anyone to believe it. Does he get that honor simply because every other ruler is worse, or do you seriously hold up his atrocities as acceptable and necessary in pursuit of maintaining stability in his country? Are you being serious when you claim that "human rights" are a hoax?

Your mumbling about Sunni and Shiite is completely irrelevant. The idea that one sect is better or worse than the other is exactly the sort of BS tribalism that has divided these people for centuries and made peace in the region so difficult, and I won't contribute to that garbage (same as Christian vs. Muslim, for that matter).

Ohhhhh, but the American sheeple believe whatever the Great Satan 'spoon feeds' 'em!

SF accountant: I don't care much for your partisan and condratictary comments. You do pick and chose of posts/news/items/stories and write nonsense.

They are nothing but crap!