If Joshua Landis was “Syria expert”, why do many Syrians think his ignorance about Syria has reached intolerable limits?
-His analysis is always skewed and based on sectarianism; he insists on portraying the conflict as Alawites vs Sunnis, while for many Syria it’s between Government forces (supported by those who want to keep the secular identity for a stable and independent Syria) and NATO/GCC backed sectarian militants who want to take Syria back to the dark ages and turn it into a failed state ruled by a new dictatorship controlled Washington, al Doha and Riyadh!!
-He says he doesn’t “support” US intervention in Syria, yet he advocates that Western governments should supply opposition militias with ground to air missiles in “sufficient numbers” to bring down the Syrian air-force if
the Government doesn’t make substantial concessions for the opposition!!! All that before he admits the active role of the US in its meddling in the Syrian affairs;
“The US has already played a decisive role in tipping the balance of power in Syria against the Assad regime. It is time to help the Syrian opposition stop the government use of air-power.”
- Just like the opposition, Joshua Landis has chosen to marginalise and deprive pro Government Syrians from their right to express their political stand! He has treated them with prejudice and branded them as “Shabiha” who are in their MILLIONS are unworthy of being acknowledged as an essential part of the Syrian equation!!
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=15984
http://friendsofsyria.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/not-such-an-expert-after-all/