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[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Syrian rebels, the guys who ended up joining ISIS and Al Nusra, had your sympathy because the media told you they were angels fighting for freedom the right and proper way.

People soured on the French revolution because it turned on its base of support once the bourgeois made the progress that benefitted them, and further progress was against their interest.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You do realise there are other Syrian rebel factions?

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Except the kurds, they were insignificant.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's always the Kurds except when it isn't