Re: The situation in Syria
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:50 am
Greetings all,
I won't write much here, because I wish to link to an article which may provide a bit of hope, and a relevant theme for ongoing prayer.
It's written by Robert Fisk of The Independent (from Britain). As far as mainstream media sources go, this newspaper is generally different to others in that it seems to have at least some interest in attempting to provide a balanced, perhaps even fair kind of reporting.
Fisk himself is different to the average western journalist in that he appears to actually have a brain and an own opinion, perhaps even a bit of 'journalistic principle'. Wow, a western journalist who perhaps has some kind of 'principle', even intelligence. Hard to comprehend such a possibility (sorry to generalize, as I am well aware that there are some good journalists out there, it's just that we don't see them around very often).
Anyway, as previously pointed out, at least half of the western-backed 'rebels' are genocidal, blood-lusting jihadists who are stunningly cruel and barbaric. However, not all of them are like this. A minority of them, perhaps even a sizeable minority, are (generally sunni muslim) army defectors who are perhaps not happy at the sectarian, genocidal jihadist direction that their own 'rebel' side has taken.
There is now evidence that thousands of these 'secular' rebels have now started to realize that the majority of their own side is much worse than the Syrian government, and so they are now interested in going back to the government side. I have read from several credible sources that there have been meetings between government representatives and representatives from these unhappy 'secular' rebels.
In some regions there have even been ceasefires between the two groups, and now there is discussion about the possibility of these unhappy rebels, who maybe don't have so much blood on their hands, being accepted back into the fold by the government.
While at the moment still only a tentative possibility, this would be a great result. It would strengthen the government and its supporters (including Christians), and somewhat weaken the 'rebel' side which, as we know, is generally dominated by evil murderous people.
If anyone could spare the time and has the inclination to pray on this matter, I encourage you to pray that this tentative idea might become a firm agreement. There is no doubt that, while not bringing the war to a complete halt, it would at least result in a significant alteration that would be a very positive step in the direction of a just peace for the land of Syria.
Article link is below.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/com ... 47615.html
I won't write much here, because I wish to link to an article which may provide a bit of hope, and a relevant theme for ongoing prayer.
It's written by Robert Fisk of The Independent (from Britain). As far as mainstream media sources go, this newspaper is generally different to others in that it seems to have at least some interest in attempting to provide a balanced, perhaps even fair kind of reporting.
Fisk himself is different to the average western journalist in that he appears to actually have a brain and an own opinion, perhaps even a bit of 'journalistic principle'. Wow, a western journalist who perhaps has some kind of 'principle', even intelligence. Hard to comprehend such a possibility (sorry to generalize, as I am well aware that there are some good journalists out there, it's just that we don't see them around very often).
Anyway, as previously pointed out, at least half of the western-backed 'rebels' are genocidal, blood-lusting jihadists who are stunningly cruel and barbaric. However, not all of them are like this. A minority of them, perhaps even a sizeable minority, are (generally sunni muslim) army defectors who are perhaps not happy at the sectarian, genocidal jihadist direction that their own 'rebel' side has taken.
There is now evidence that thousands of these 'secular' rebels have now started to realize that the majority of their own side is much worse than the Syrian government, and so they are now interested in going back to the government side. I have read from several credible sources that there have been meetings between government representatives and representatives from these unhappy 'secular' rebels.
In some regions there have even been ceasefires between the two groups, and now there is discussion about the possibility of these unhappy rebels, who maybe don't have so much blood on their hands, being accepted back into the fold by the government.
While at the moment still only a tentative possibility, this would be a great result. It would strengthen the government and its supporters (including Christians), and somewhat weaken the 'rebel' side which, as we know, is generally dominated by evil murderous people.
If anyone could spare the time and has the inclination to pray on this matter, I encourage you to pray that this tentative idea might become a firm agreement. There is no doubt that, while not bringing the war to a complete halt, it would at least result in a significant alteration that would be a very positive step in the direction of a just peace for the land of Syria.
Article link is below.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/com ... 47615.html