It's vaguely amusing how the same Sunni Arabs who simultaneously (1) say that 9/11 was an inside job instigated and planned by Jews, none of whom were harmed during the attack, and (2) are proud that Arabs were able to carry the attack successfully, are now to be taken at their word when they allege any given atrocity by the Alawite regime. We've let our journalists', politicians' and think tanks' irrational faith in the essential goodness of Sunni Arab man-
troglodyte-in-the-street to cloud our judgment. It's one thing for Sunni Arabs to be prejudiced against Alawites, given that anti-heretic/-apostate/-non-Sunni hatred is their schtick. What's our excuse, given our long experience with Sunni Arab duplicity, love for the mass murder of civilians as recreation and their sheer wickedness, to use a term that is now rapidly going out of fashion? When was the last time you heard of an Alawite suicide bomber killing Americans?
It looks like in Syria, the Sunni Arabs are getting yet another propaganda coup like 9/11. They not only get to kill infidels and blame the killings on infidels - they also get to recast the infidel victims as poor, persecuted Sunnis.