Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West

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The Syrian rebels posed casually, standing over their prisoners with firearms pointed down at the shirtless and terrified men.

The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers. Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts. They kept their faces pressed to the dirt as the rebels’ commander recited a bitter revolutionary verse.

“For fifty years, they are companions to corruption,” he said. “We swear to the Lord of the Throne, that this is our oath: We will take revenge.”

The moment the poem ended, the commander, known as “the Uncle,” fired a bullet into the back of the first prisoner’s head. His gunmen followed suit, promptly killing all the men at their feet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/world/middleeast/brutality-of-syrian-rebels-pose-dilemma-in-west.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130905&_r=0

[HooptieWagon]

1. These are the guys Obama is helping out.

They are also using chemical weapons. They are committing beheadings. They have already said they would commit genocide on christians and alawites when they topple Assad. They are backed by al Qaeda.

And Obama wants to give them their own country! No one has said Assad is a good guy. But neither are the others.