Reddit reviews The Dirty War on Syria

For a general explanation, read Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. For specific examples on Syria, read The Dirty War on Syria. You can borrow them from me if you like.

And who exactly are you (or anyone else) to tell people they support anyone "for the wrong reasons"? Go to Time or NYT archive, check that Al-Assad was popular and widely supported, especially among the youth. If you're not afraid to change your views, read this article by Stephen Gowans (https://gowans.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/the-revolutionary-distemper-in-syria-that-wasnt/), pay special attention to footnotes. Or read the whole book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1771861088/. Or Tim Anderson's book: https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-War-Syria-Tim-Anderson/dp/0973714786. Compare the documentation of sources in both books with sources of the propaganda you see all over the media (the SOHR said, White Helmets said).

Your arguments would hold water if they were not directly contradicted by reality. People in Syria fled from "rebel-held areas" to government controlled territories, in millions. Even Western sources wouldn't deny that. When the Russian-supported offensives started, a few hundred thousands remained under the jihadi rule. Again, go ahead, ask Syrians what the rule looked like: obligatory beards for men and burkas for women, closed schools, food and medicine hoarded by the "rebels" paid by Gulf sheiks, people used as hostages and live shields. I'm sorry, but your information is tainted at the source. No, Assad is not a bloody-toothed vampire who kills own citizens out of pure evil; no, SAA didn't kill most of the civilian victims during the war. This particular statistics you're referring to was produced by the Syrian Network for Human Rights: http://sn4hr.org/blog/2017/01/21/31375/. And just like the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the "Network" is one guy who lives in England. Read this: https://counter-hegemonic-studies.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TA-hum-war-18-1.pdf