‘Thank god for Russia; without Russia we are doomed’

So says the Christian woman in the streets of Damascus. Minorities are bearing the brunt of this civil war.

And the fact that the ones who would place us there, square in the middle of it all and supporting the other side with arms, are the neo-conservatives John McCain and Lindsay Graham, as should come as no surprise. Let this be remembered the next time either Graham or McCain attempt to pander to get the votes of Americans who claim the same religion as the churches being shelled by the Free Syrian Army. And Obama is doing only marginally better; his administration has been doing its damnedest to ‘isolate’ two countries (Russia and China) for supporting the current Syrian government. Let us insist upon hearing the stories from all sides before backing the dominant narrative of our government.