Rejecting extremist dogma after seeing it in practice
In a way, its a good thing that the extremist nutters hijacked the Syrian revolution. Don't get me wrong, I abhor those groups and all the suffering they have inflicted on the Syrian people, as I abhor what the regime has and continues to do to its political opponents. But, I respect strength and I hate weakness. The Free Syrian Army and its disjointed political wing has contributed in no small part to the political and security vacuum that has allowed the extremist groups to flourish amid a crumbling national State infrastructure. But, in an unexpected and welcome turn of events all the kidnappings, the beheadings and random executions of anyone who does not agree with extremist dogma, have all served to unite the Syrian people against the extremists who are by now universally hated in Syria and for good reason. What any insurgency should never do is piss on the grass roots that empower it, the people who provide it with material and moral support and the general population from ...