Scoop: U.S. raises concerns about attacks on minorities with new Syrian government

[u/Currymvp2]

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/30/syria-us-meeting-attacks-alawites

[u/Creative_Hope_4690]

Several videos circulating on social media purport to show armed militants — allegedly affiliated with HTS or the security forces of the new government— beating, cursing, and humiliating Alawite men while arresting them, or otherwise making threats toward Alawites.

I seen some of the videos by accident it’s plain torture. The US got 10x shit for doing 1% of what I seen in those videos. I guess the standard is 10x higher for the west.

[u/namey-name-name → u/Creative_Hope_4690]

To be fair it’s not unreasonable to expect more from liberal democracies than literal jihadists. The problem is that the anti-AmeriKKKan leftists are also pro-jihadist

[u/kaesura → u/namey-name-name]

USA was 1000x worse in Iraq which this situation most resembles (literally both baathist dictators) . Within days of the invasion, USA soldiers had killed 17 peaceful protestors in one incident. USA soldiers had several massacres after that one . https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah_killings_of_April_2003

And there was widesoread recreational torture by american soldiers in abu gharib , camp bucca etc

[u/namey-name-name → u/kaesura]

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1164916991/looking-back-on-shocking-revelations-u-s-forces-tortured-iraqis-at-abu-ghraib

Yikes. Jesus fucking Christ.

[u/Loud-Chemistry-5056 → u/namey-name-name]

Fuck me, that shit is not the goods.

[u/namey-name-name → u/Loud-Chemistry-5056]

Fuck me

If you ever get sent back to 2003 and get put in an American Iraqi prison, you… uhhh… might get your wish.

American troops stripped Iraqi prisoners naked. They leashed them and forced them into contorted or sexual positions.

Like I’m trying not to sound like a leftist, but holy shit this is fucked.

[u/aquamosaica → u/namey-name-name]

You may want to consider why you think acknowledging potential war crimes committed by US forces has anything to do with being a leftist…

[u/namey-name-name → u/aquamosaica]

Because leftists exaggerate western war crimes all the time like pearl clutching leaches right before glazing every authoritarian dictatorship known to man

[u/aquamosaica → u/namey-name-name]

Yeah but the same tactics are used by right wing supporters of authoritarianism as well, such as Russia. It is also in their interests to denigrate the US and stoke internal divisions in our politics. I do understand this is a common criticism of the online left though. Just saying there’s no real correlation between leftist views and criticizing unnecessary violence.

[u/namey-name-name → u/aquamosaica]

I mean, maybe it’s just me but most rightists I’ve seen would sooner glorify US mistreatment of Iraqis than criticize it. They only really seem to have an issue with violence and war crimes when it’s white people being hurt.

[u/aquamosaica → u/namey-name-name]

You are right about this, there probably IS a correlation between leftist views and calling this stuff out. Not sure if this is a bug or a feature of our political landscape lol

[u/namey-name-name → u/aquamosaica]

Probably both. They can garner media attention about human rights atrocities (given how much the media likes covering college protests) but I don’t think they have much sway over the general public anymore. If anything, the Columbia Palestine protests probably made pro-Palestiners look worse in the eyes of the public.