I think its been quite eye-opening about how biased (or just simplistic and lazy) our media are. Up until a month ago there was a unanimous viewpoint across the media regarding Syria. Even the BBC, The Guardian and Channel 4 news (who are normally the safest voices on this) were parroting the same unquestioning line.Assad was a evil monster who was ruthlessly suppressing an innocent civilian population, with only plucky freedom fighters (who we should be arming, or even mounting air strikes to support) trying to protect them from this dictators evil oppression. Putin and Russia were just cynically siding with Assad to make money and annoy America! They are also cold calculating bastards
Not biased, just a bien pensant left-wing media. I noticed and was somewhat ashamed to see that it was the left that was calling for war over Syria, I remember reading far more cynical well-informed articles in the Times/Nazigraph.
ISIS is operating in gaza but it seems to be a small group.
What do you mean it's "operating in Gaza", it controls territory ?
Gaza is 25 miles long by about 5 miles wide, I'm fairly sure ISIS don't control any of it.
Or by "operating in Gaza" do you mean that someone in Gaza with a computer has posted something on the internet which is supportive of ISIS ?
I noticed and was somewhat ashamed to see that it was the left that was calling for war over Syria
Who is "the left" ? And why are you ashamed ?
BTW it was David Cameron who lost the House of Commons vote calling for military action against Syria, I don't recall Cameron ever being described as "left".
No Ernie. Saw a recent photo of an armed cell from Gaza claiming to be ISIS. Is it verifiable? I dont know.
BTW it was David Cameron who lost the House of Commons vote calling for military action against Syria, I don't recall Cameron ever being described as "left".
But out of the broadsheets, it was mostly the Guardian clamoring for war. As they did with Libya.
So by "the left" you mean the Guardian newspaper ? That's the Guardian newspaper which last general election urged its readers to vote for Nick Clegg and has less blue collar readers than any other national newspaper in Britain ?
Your suggestion of what defines "the left" is as strange as your suggestion that the left is a single entity which speaks in one united voice.
And you are completely wrong anyway concerning your claim that the Guardian "was calling for war over Syria". In fact the opposite is true - the Guardian welcomed the fact that Cameron lost the Commons vote to bomb Syria :
[url= http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/29/syria-debate-parliament ]The Syria debate: two cheers for parliament[/url]
For someone who likes to castigate others for alleged factual inaccuracies and emphasise your own scientific qualifications you can be remarkably cavalier with facts when it suits you.
