The Islamic State has been showing renewed vigor in Syria, attracting new fighters and increasing the number of its

[applegrove]

https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3lmepedudmk2t

The Islamic State has been showing renewed vigor in Syria, attracting new fighters and increasing the number of its attacks last year, the UN and U.S. officials said.

NY Times at link

[Polybius]

1. Assad was bad

But these guys are worse.

[moonscape]

2. My Lebanese friend told

me this at the jump, even though I refused to believe they could be worse. Sounded so reasonable on Christiane Amanpour …

[Polybius]

3. Oh, they are way worse

Assad was similar to Saddam Hussein - brutal dictator who killed those who opposed him, but tolorated the Christian minority. Saddam's own VP was a Christian. Assad visited a Christian church when Isis bombed it.

[JI7]

4. All the non muslims I met that come from there

supported Assad. Not like they loved him but more that they saw him as helping to prevent Islamists from going after them.

And their opposition to Assad had to do with him being Shia.

[JI7]

6. I'm referring to the Islamic extremists like ISIS

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I know Assad was a thug that killed innocent people.

[applegrove]

7. I read your post wrong. Sorry.