The FACT the Free Syrian Army is a myth means Assad won the war!
Get out of the way!!!!!!!!!
The USA is illegally causing deaths in Syria because it is supplying small arms, outside that of the UN Small Arms Treaty, to a MYTH!!!!
The problem with Petraeus is that he does not accept the fact nation building doesn't work. He is trying to 'find a way.' That is the USA military. When it speaks to the Commander and Chief it never states "You're out of your mind. An invasion into the region will solve nothing and simply cause more problem."
When it comes to Lindsay Graham and 'his Neocon' gets the best of him, he should notice the changes at the South Carolina sea ports. If he is going to serve South Carolina well, he should be looking to settle disputes to increase imports and EXPORTS to other countries! He is nothing more than a wannbee commander and chief.
I know more about South Carolina sea ports than Graham could wish to know.
Assad needs to get on with getting rid of Daesh and bring the people home from refugee camps. The USA has no moral authority in Syria.
The UN Security Council is a important as it always has been even with a stalemate. At least it is a stalemate. The UN Security Council does not exist to justify USA's Neocon wars.
Assad won the civil war and it was not with barrel bombs alone. Assad has to end Daesh unless he actually values them as an anti-West ally.
This article is from the British "Business Insider," not the New York Times. As noted in the article the idea of barrel bombs, etc., is better to terrify the American people than any conventional weapons.
Oh, why wouldn't the American people be terrified of conventional warfare in Syria? Because Americans are sensitized to suicide bombers and explosions than realize Syria is not a threat to the USA.
Besides an Assad without anything besides barrel bombs is a military that can be conquered.
..."There's been a lot of press (click here) on chemical weapons and unconventional warfare, but the vast majority of the deaths in Syria have been from relatively conventional weapons," Jacob Parakilas, a senior weapons researcher at AOAV who work on the project, told Business Insider. "We really wanted to highlight the harms that those [weapons] do, especially the indiscriminate harm to civilians and noncombatants."
Parakilas noted that air-dropped munitions (e.g. S-25 OFM, OFAB 100-120, ODAB 500) as well as the larger launcher systems (e.g. larger Grads, SAKR, LUNA-M/FROG 7) are exclusive to troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The regime's air war on rebel-held territories began in July 2012.
Furthermore, Parakilas said that weapons used by both sides have been used more by the government because it has had superior quantities throughout the war.
Here's each of the weapons, along with a video (linked) and an infographic:
Note: The research is based on open source reporting, non-governmental agencies such as the Syrian Observatory on Human Rights, and confirmed media reports....
