But lets be clear I am convinced that the Syrian government has engaged in torture in its prisons and I am sure that they have executed people they believed were terrorists. I know they torture people because we used to send people to them for interrogation. However I do not advocate bombing any of the countries nor attempting other forms of regime change that we know that have engaged in torture. That includes not bombing the US or Israel or Saudi Arabia because frankly the people don't deserve to pay for the sins of their rulers.
That's a clear and succinct statement of principle which reflects my views precisely as well.
Does President Bashar al-Assad bear any responsibility for the state his country finds itself in?
Will he be allowing for democratic elections in Syria?
Sorry to answer a question with a question, but: What business is that of ours?
Just to ask questions like that is, unfortunately, to prepare the ground for intervention and aggression (cf. Iraq, Libya, Viet Nam, Haiti, Honduras, Chile, everywhere on the planet).
When kropotkin talks of the U.S. "enemy du jour", he hits the nail on the head.
Aren't you worried about Darfur? Remember that diversion? The Israel lobby ran that one for years. Now it's Yazidis. Darfur can go fuck itself when it doesn't serve the purpose of the diversionists any more.
Is there some mystery about how U.S. imperialism prepares public opinion for aggression? It used to be: "They're Marxist guerrillas." That's an obsolete term. Now it's: "They're terrorists." Or: "They're dictators." Or: "He's killing his own people and he's going to kill billions more if someone doesn't step in."
How mature grown-up people - let alone self-styled progressive ones - can fall for this crap bewilders me.