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Re:Refugees Welcome by jqm on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:40AM (#10159490)
Most Syrians supported Assad. Also, many of the militant revolutionaries were imported from other countries and supported/trained by foreign powers including the gulf states. Now we have ISIS which is simply an extension of that program that has maybe gotten a bit out of control.

Foreign meddling caused this problem. Very simply.

Re:Refugees Welcome by dao- on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:47AM (#10159562)
> Most Syrians supported Assad.

That's interesting. When exactly and according to what survey did most Syrians support Assad? Do they still support him today or if not, when did they stop?

Re:Refugees Welcome by brl on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:34AM (#10159921)
Well there was this survey:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_presidential_election,_...

Also surveyed at that time were the million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/05/28...