Fact 1: The West has been involved in the Syrian conflict since 2012
Fact 2: The West has known that extremists were prominent in the Syrian insurgency, and that the arms they sent into Syria have often ended up in the hands of extremists, since 2012
Fact 3: The US has encouraged ‘moderate’ rebel groups to work with the Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, and has probably knowingly supported jihadis itself
Fact 4: The West has prolonged the fighting and blocked a peaceful solution to the conflict
Fact 5: The West has helped to create the conditions in Syria and Iraq that have allowed IS to grow and prosper
Fact 6: The West’s allies in the region have been supporting extremists in Syria, including IS
Fact 7: Western airstrikes in Syria and Iraq have killed hundreds of civilians
https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/ian...ow-about-syria
Bob, the pictures you posted don't count because its not Belgium or France or god forbid London. Those ruins only killed Muslims, and they don't count, do they? Many westerners have no interest in helping them because "they" are not "us".