Ok folks, one more time: Syrian regime is Baathist. That's a right-wing ideology close to fascism, since 2000 w some neoliberalism thrown in
Actually, it was not acknowledged when Bush was sending people to be politely interrogated there.
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it was by all HR organisations & anyone on the left. Just some "leftists" turned 180º around when they became enemies again
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Which is another way of saying recognition of Assad's awfulnesses has long been a contingent thing.
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you didn't see any but the real crazies making excuses for Assad until after 2011
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Except for those on the right who wanted to pretend that Bush hadn't deliberately sent people to him to be tortured.
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no doubt you're right, I wasn't following them as closely
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Mostly it was legal institutions who pretended a certification that people would be treated well by Assad was not ridiculous
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interesting
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