this was more excusable before we had that article revealing this but anyone still parroting assadist talking points is just being willingly ignorant.

I might sound like I'm Coping, but I never understand how Assad's regime is perceived as the backbone of the resistance when the regime is basically a fancier version of a gunrunner, Assad used to be a darling of the West where the west have sent suspected terrorist to be tortured in this country (granted Jordan and Egypt did the same). The Regime has opportunity to negotiate an end to the conflict (as Iran and Russia suggested years ago), but they never did.

As this point, the regime really bought this on themselves. Yes the regime of HST is not going to be good for anyone, but Assad stagnant governance created a environment for Nepotism and corruption not unlike the Karzai's regime. What is also buried under the whole critical support is that the Assads also cracked down on a lot of the opposition which included communists and Palestinian militant groups to insure the survival of the Regime.