Austin sent me this: "I thought you might "appreciate" this
dumb article about Syrian casualties which relies exclusively on
unverifiable (and uncaveated) claims made by the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights. The ENTIRE thing is replete with stupid non sequiturs, starting almost
from the very beginning. For example: "The
civilian toll of 28,113 includes those who have taken up arms against the regime
of President Bashar al-Assad, it said." Huh? So now people who carry arms are
considered civilians? What next? Well, more dumbness:
"Government
troops suffered heavy losses, with 9482 people killed, while 1040 military
defectors also were killed in action. Another 727 people in the 2012 toll were
unidentified.
"The
death toll of the regime forces is actually higher, but the government keeps
these figures under wraps," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
On
the other hand, he said, "the rebels are discreet about their total losses of
life in order to keep up morale, while the deaths of foreign fighters are not
announced in their home countries"."
I
mean... seriously? Seriously?"
