Thread: The crisis in Syria

Originally Posted by Deborski

NATO data: Assad winning the war for Syrians’ hearts and minds | World Tribune

Meanwhile, Assad has more support from the Syrian people than Obama has from the American people:

Those are terrifying numbers. If that's true, I honestly have no idea what else that dictator has to do to make those people "unsupport" him... (I would understand 70 percent of neutral ones vs 20/10 for the dictator and rebels respectively, but 70 percent for the dictator? Terrifying...)

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Those are terrifying numbers. If that's true, I honestly have no idea what else that dictator has to do to make those people "unsupport" him... (I would understand 70 percent of neutral ones vs 20/10 for the dictator and rebels respectively, but 70 percent for the dictator? Terrifying...)

There is no way to know whether the people were ordered to support Assad, of course. I think 70% is a little high as well.