Some Syrian supporters of the opposition objected to me about a post by Akram about how people in Damascus are eager for regime advances against the rebels. I asked him to clarify. He wrote me this:
"It's very widespread not because the Damascenes are "pro-regime" but rather because of what they see of the criminal and sectarian practices of the rebels. I actually mentioned this in a previous post:
"It's very widespread not because the Damascenes are "pro-regime" but rather because of what they see of the criminal and sectarian practices of the rebels. I actually mentioned this in a previous post:
People are stuck on the news tickers of
the Syrian TV channels hoping that what they read about the achievements
of the Syrian army in this city or that town is true and that Bahsar Al-Assad is
still their president and not a commander of a criminal
militia
Sorry for not being clear on this point".
