I just wanted to say, thank you for posting about (and ranting about) these updates from the situation within Syria, as an English speaking Pakistani it's quite hard to get a sense for what exactly is going on and this helps paint a picture.

I also really empathise with your pain and frustration. The situation in Syria is worse than in Pakistan, but the sense of frustration at watching the state of the country continuously decline, going from one negative development to the next, while common people suffer, well I can certainly relate to it given how its been growing up in this country.

I've long held the view that the revolution was hijacked by the west (including 'Israel') in order to depose Assad and while as you say I'm not a huge fan of him, replacing him with these west aligned wahabbists is a definite loss. It is good to hear from others who share this perspective. I hope that a path to a better, sovereign, Syria that works for all of its people can emerge, it's been painful watching the suffering of the country for all these years even from the outside.

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you comrade, it's very nice to know that I'm not crazy and that others can empathize with this experience. Inshahallah, after the decolonizing of West Asia, more sovereign national projects can emerge across the entire continent. I can imagine that the situation in Pakistan is also quite harrowing considering what I've been informed about from my family's Pakistani friends. I hope things can begin looking up for you as well some time relatively soon.