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https://barnabasfund.org/news/US-government-and-UN-guilty-of-massive-institutional-discrimination-against-Christian-refugees-fleeing-Syria This article paints a misleading picture. As to whether it does so deliberately, I can only surmise. From State Dept. US admits Chritians but mostly from Iraq. That is because in Syria, Christian factions are more or less part of the Assad regime. Contrary to what is ordinarily assumed, there are not that many Christians fleeing Syria since the ongoing war does not pose immediate threat to their lives as it does to the Sunni faction. I dont know how to describe their status other than anxious observers as mass genocide takes place around them. Furthermore, Syria is very different from Iraq, a distinction that the propaganda pieces like above do not make. Of the 2000-4000 Christian victims of isil, vast majority were Iraqis. If a person with sound mind were reading this I would remind them that the overwhelming majority of 400000 civilians killed by the regime are Sunnis. Now, factors underlying this contrasting situation: 1. Syrian Christians, like every non Sunni faction in Syria, mostly dwell in safe zones/enclaves made impenetrable by formidable militia comprised of their own community members. 2. As of now, Assad regime is fully committed to security of Assyrian neighborhoods, going as far as cleansing, massacring nearby Sunni populations. 3. I dont have to remind anyone that the original FSA (desginated as terrorist by Assad & Russia) did include a sizeable Christian militia, who were later pardoned and eventually reintegrated by Assad. That is in stark distinction to what eventually happened to the Sunni faction of FSA, tens of thousands of whom were either tortured+executed by the regime, or died fighting isil. 4. In an attempt to demonstrate his solidarity with Syria's Christians, Assad chose to set up the regime's primary extermination camp in the historic Assyrian city of Saynaya. You might have heard that name if you were familiar with the French model Elisa Sednaoui who traces her family's origins to that particular city. Nevertheless, that particular camp happens to be the site where anywhere between 30000-70000 of Sunni males, mostly unarmed civilians were starved and tortured in a 'show of strengh' by the regime, eventually resulting in at least 13000 deaths, by all means a conservative estimates. Now this particular genocide was carried out by regime forces with the assistance of various para-military death squads which include Christians among their ranks. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/human-slaughterhouse-mass-hangings-and-extermination-syrian-prison https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE2454152017ENGLISH.PDF As to whether there were Christian soldiers present on the site perpetrating these atrocities, the article below does not care to mention. It also does not deem it important to mention that the prisoners were predominantly, if not exclusively Sunnis. Personally, I approve of their approach if the full disclosure had explosive implications. Also I consider it abominable to see victims of any conflict, class conflict in Syria's case, in purely sectarian terms. However, Assad, more so than his predecessor has inevitably put the Assyrians in a very tough position, insofar as whichever community chose to remain silent while watching multiple genocide being carried out by the regime in front of their eyes would end up looking bad. So it is only natural that some leaders of various Christian communities have started to voiced their annoyance at the regime's excesses. https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/most-syrian-christians-aren-t-backing-assad-or-rebels It is Assad himself who has played the sectarian/communal card from the onset of uprisings. It worked in his favor that opposition to the regime be divided up, for his already deeply sectarian regime to have any chance of survival, like "sharpening the contradiction" as it were.
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Wouldnt hurt if some members kept their temperament in check. I get it some folks make it their lives mission to shove fake news items up others asses, but surely there is a courteous way to do it???
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I'm shivering here and its +10C where i live
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You think she likes to roam around Manhattan barefoot?
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DARN! Intimissimi need to send her presents more frequently
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Ellie is very cute
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Possibly. Although every tall young model inevitably ends up on Ed Razek's radar
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Taylor looks the most relaxed, confident here. Josephine and Sara look kinda nervous/uppity
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+1 Not sure about her choice of footwear though
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He was not elected by 60 million americans or so to be a politically correct president with liberal and internationalist morals. There is precious little about Bannon. Bannon's political philosophy is basically a modernized version of the 1950s "next american century" sort of idealism. It is not compelling or popular enough to be interesting, let alone "dangerous". I see excessive hysteria and fantasy writing in the media and it's only been two weeks plus change. However, the lines continue to blur between fantasy and reality " The Department of Defense is seeking to rent space in President Trump’s New York skyscraper, Trump Tower, a move that could directly funnel government money into the president’s business interests." https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/department-of-defense-looks-to-rent-space-in-trump-tower/2017/02/07/6dec7252-edb0-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html?utm_term=.ce46a8a574b9
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Damn! One wonders if something as harmless as a hug might cause stress fractures! Let alone making love to her. #PRAYFORMARTHA
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why wont Bellemere release these outtakes uncensored?
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She would be a great GUESS model IMO
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I have to admit, The 15 pounds underweight Martha was very likeable.
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its not Josephine's fault she doesnt have a supermodel's face like Jasmine, Taylor, or Candice
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Somebody should have asked the said blogger if she considered Kendall even more charismatic
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Insofar as both Grace and Taylor are ideal reincarnation of classic supermodel from the 90's , I wonder which one of them looks better with the red lip?
Surprised to see Jas being left out of today's event
Is it new? http://www.asos.com/asos/asos-paisley-print-glam-swimsuit/prd/7126390?iid=7126390&clr=Paisleyprint&SearchQuery=&cid=2238&pgesize=36&pge=20&totalstyles=1687&gridsize=3&gridrow=11&gridcolumn=1
