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I assume the Druze are the wrong kind of Islam compared to the Syrians which is why this is happening?

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No

They are not Muslim

They are their own thing, an Abrahamic religion, based in Arab culture

They are secretive, and don't allow new converts

So yeah. Whatever that means

This shi'ite is exhausting

Damn, that's a comprehensive destruction!

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Quo Vadis? said:

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Sounds like things were better when Assad was in charge

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only for fans of the Iranian dictators, Hamas, Hizbullah and Jew haters.

let's ask the Syrians if things were better when Assad was in charge.

oh yeah- 600,000 of them are dead now.

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Also Christians, but I don't expect you to care about them

Gandalf the Maroon said:

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I'm starting to get sick of all this crap in the Middle East. Not blaming Israel, but the endless fighting sucks.

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And it will never end. Ever.

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Gandalf the Maroon said:

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I'm starting to get sick of all this crap in the Middle East. Not blaming Israel, but the endless fighting sucks.

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And it will never end. Ever.

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that's what they said about wars in Europe for 2000 years.

Gandalf the Maroon said:

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I'm starting to get sick of all this crap in the Middle East. Not blaming Israel, but the endless fighting sucks.

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Yeah, I'm canceling my vacay to Damascus.

Here's a good UPDATE.

The U.S. official claimed the Syrian government had informed Israel in advance that it was sending tanks to the Sweida area in southern Syria and stressed this was not an action directed at Israel but an attempt to restore order in internal clashes between Druze militias and a… https://t.co/a7SzPzx9AV

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) July 15, 2025

The root of all Muslim conflict is the centuries old battle between Shia and Sunni factions. It's a constant undercurrent of contention and conflict. You may be able to negotiate peace and/or cooperation between different countries/people/governments, but the struggle between Shia and Sunni will eventually overtake any external truces and render them useless. It's a constant internal turmoil that varies from simmer to boiling over.

Talkin' WW3 blues …

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Gandalf the Maroon said:

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I'm starting to get sick of all this crap in the Middle East. Not blaming Israel, but the endless fighting sucks.

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Yeah going on 5,000 years or so now, give it a break already guys!

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POTD!

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The root of all Muslim conflict is the centuries old battle between Shia and Sunni factions. It's a constant undercurrent of contention and conflict. You may be able to negotiate peace and/or cooperation between different countries/people/governments, but the struggle between Shia and Sunni will eventually overtake any external truces and render them useless. It's a constant internal turmoil that varies from simmer to boiling over.

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The root is that they want to kill and enslave all those who aren't thinking just like them. They can, in their religion, do all sinful things to overtake others.

AI


DOES BIBLE PROPHECY FORETELL THE DESTRUCTION OF DAMASCUS ...
The Bible prophesies the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 17 and Jeremiah 49. Specifically, Isaiah 17:1 states, "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap," according to the Bible Gateway. Jeremiah 49:23-27 also describes the destruction of Damascus, saying, "Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be silenced in that day,"


End times prophecy

End times prophecy

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End times prophecy

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I mean if we're going by factual documentation to what the Bible has said will happen against what has happened. It checks out. Those who say it isn't real keep getting debunked as more and more archeological discoveries happen.

I mean hate that there's end times but that is what will happen.

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Never progressed like the rest of the faith.

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Blowing up buildings and killing infidels ain't exactly "progress"

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I take it you aren't aware of the Ismailis.

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Either way, we don't want them here. Because you know what happens when they get to 30% of the population. Shariah law etc etc.

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txwxman said:

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End times prophecy

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I mean if we're going by factual documentation to what the Bible has said will happen against what has happened. It checks out. Those who say it isn't real keep getting debunked as more and more archeological discoveries happen.

I mean hate that there's end times but that is what will happen.

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Yeah, it's not like 80% of Bible prophecy has been debunked fulfilled already.

Yet there are still doubters.

https://reasons.org/explore/publications/articles/fulfilled-prophecy-evidence-for-the-reliability-of-the-bible

Just wait until the tribulation starts! We haven't seen anything in the Middle East yet!

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Just wait until the tribulation starts! We haven't seen anything in the Middle East yet!

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Lol. How bad could it be? Nuke? well, yeah, that'll settle things down

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txwxman said:

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End times prophecy

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I mean if we're going by factual documentation to what the Bible has said will happen against what has happened. It checks out. Those who say it isn't real keep getting debunked as more and more archeological discoveries happen.

I mean hate that there's end times but that is what will happen.

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Why would you hate in the "end times"? I'd be perfectly fine with it right now. That's kind of the point of the cross.

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This shi'ite is exhausting

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Should they be tali-Banned from fighting?

Camo said:

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This shi'ite is exhausting

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Sunni will be ww3

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Never progressed like the rest of the faith.

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Blowing up buildings and killing infidels ain't exactly "progress"

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I take it you aren't aware of the Ismailis.

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Either way, we don't want them here. Because you know what happens when they get to 30% of the population. Shariah law etc etc.

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I take it you aren't aware of the Ismailis either

Update; this one could have political ramifications.

BREAKING 🔴

Syrian regime forces have slaughtered an American citizen and his entire Druze family in Suwayda.

Hosam Saraya, a U.S. national from Oklahoma and graduate of Oklahoma Christian University, was executed along with his father, brother, uncles, and cousins in a brutal… pic.twitter.com/zGw6tBQe9U

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 21, 2025

Uniformed Syrian General Security terrorizing the Druze in Suweida on camera is probably part of what forced @USAMBTurkiye to admit that the Syrian government is responsible for the atrocities pic.twitter.com/3qOIOSprOc

— Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) July 21, 2025

As for the root cause (Sarah Adams retweeted below, caution, profanity), keep in mind that one of Hamas' big businesses was the captagon/drug trade throughout Europe/Central America, and the Syrians also are big time into it. This is about drug money and control, ultimately, not some religious fanatics alone.

Al Hijri is a narcotics druglord and Suweida needs to be integrated into the Syrian Government structure under Jolani to curb the production and distribution of Captagon

This is a very popular narrative, spread by Syrian-Western experts used to justify the attack on Suweida -… pic.twitter.com/F5UutpVZ1o

— ScharoMaroof (@ScharoMaroof) July 21, 2025

A lot of lies about who/why. It would be nice if we were told the truth by our own government, of course.

That tweet above said Assad forces. Thought he was gone?

LMCane said:

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Quo Vadis? said:

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Sounds like things were better when Assad was in charge

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only for fans of the Iranian dictators, Hamas, Hizbullah and Jew haters.

let's ask the Syrians if things were better when Assad was in charge.

oh yeah- 600,000 of them are dead now.

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They were better off before the civil war and the Middle East was more stable. Blaming the 600k on Assad is dumb because that's what happens in war. We are already seeing mass killings of civilians by the new government and it's only going to get worse

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A good summary of events today in Syria from Jihad Watch:

"Sunnis killing Alawites, Alawites killing Sunnis, Muslims killing Christians, Sunnis killing Druze, Druze killing Sunni Bedouins, Sunni Bedouins killing Druze, foreign fighters killing Kurds and Christians and Alawites. It's a kaleidoscope of death, with each new shake leading to a picture of different aggressors and different victims."

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That's why these places run better with hardliners

Junction71 said:

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A good summary of events today in Syria from Jihad Watch:

"Sunnis killing Alawites, Alawites killing Sunnis, Muslims killing Christians, Sunnis killing Druze, Druze killing Sunni Bedouins, Sunni Bedouins killing Druze, foreign fighters killing Kurds and Christians and Alawites. It's a kaleidoscope of death, with each new shake leading to a picture of different aggressors and different victims."

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Junction71 said:

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A good summary of events today in Syria from Jihad Watch:

"Sunnis killing Alawites, Alawites killing Sunnis, Muslims killing Christians, Sunnis killing Druze, Druze killing Sunni Bedouins, Sunni Bedouins killing Druze, foreign fighters killing Kurds and Christians and Alawites. It's a kaleidoscope of death, with each new shake leading to a picture of different aggressors and different victims."

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fill in your brackets!

Gandalf the Maroon said:

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I'm starting to get sick of all this crap in the Middle East. Not blaming Israel, but the endless fighting sucks.

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It'll end one day.

I can even tell you where.

at least Harvard is standing in solidarity with the Druze and Alawite minority women and children being raped right now!!



oh yeah- no Jews involved so no one actually cares.

I'm more than a little concerned we have all of the 'wrong' people/policies on Syria right now.

Watch closely who’s peddling false narratives about the death of American citizen Hosam Saraya like the example below. The truth isn’t complicated: Hosam and his entire family were executed—on video—by forces loyal to and belonging to the terrorist "President" of Syria, Abu… https://t.co/FMaI65DQlN

— Sarah Adams (@TPASarah) July 21, 2025

We have an idiot leading our Syrian policy https://t.co/RH1KgFG6qG

— Sarah Adams (@TPASarah) July 21, 2025

And while jihadist genocide/murders are horrific, this one also isn't just 'an over there problem' as many seem to think.

Thanks @AXactual2. As some of the future attackers targeting the homeland trained in Syria, any lessons we can draw from this week’s horrific events—where terrorists under the so-called ‘President’ Abu Mohammad al-Julani tried to bury the evidence of a genocide they… https://t.co/23fPyGosy9

— Sarah Adams (@TPASarah) July 21, 2025

I had never heard of Captagon before reading your post. Turns out it was worth like $57 billion annually to the Assad regime. No wonder they're fighting a brutal civil war. Probably more like different drug cartels fighting for control of the Captagon drug trade than it is establishing a particular method of government.

It's amazing to me how all of this "religious" violence in the Middle East always turns out to be really about controlling oil money, government power, illicit drug trade, etc. Islam in particular is like custom made to provide a motivation (excuse) to form the fighting forces that wage these wars. In fact, you can argue that islam is, was, and always will be about creating fighting forces that are motivated to die in "jihad" for some leader's nefarious purposes.

Not to wander off topic too far, but that's what makes iran so dangerous IMO. They already have the power and the oil money, but want to end Israel and the entire western world to satisfy their prophesies. They do appear to be truly motivated by religious beliefs which can't be reasoned with.

Yep, they use it both as a business and as a drug for the jihadists. They don't have to pay them much when they are high as a kite of course, and this also helps them fully dehumanize the killing/atrocities.

That drug, Captagon, it’s kind like the cocaine, which is a highly addictive drug, and this Captagon drug was found in the pockets of Hamas terrorists, after committing the massacre on October 7, 2023.

I don’t know that detail, but I believe that using that drug, was not…

— Jannette Vega Æ🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇱... (@SpecialJanni) July 8, 2025

So it's a real multi-use product they distribute broadly throughout Europe/the Middle East. Not just Hamas, but also Hezbollah, the remnants of forces that were Assad's etc.

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It hardly matters whether it is Hezbollah itself, or its affiliates, who deal in Captagon; Hezbollah still makes a profit, whether it manufactures and sells the drug on its own, or if it must share part of the profits with others "affiliates" who are involved in the distribution and sale. Hezbollah remains the largest maker by far of this amphetamine, Captagon which, long ago taken off the market for legitimate drugs, has found a new life as an illegal substance.

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The drug is little known in the United States, but the smugglers have found an eager market closer to home. Captagon users say the drug makes them feel euphoric and energetic, and the stimulant has become enormously popular within the club cultures of several Middle Eastern countries, particularly in the Persian Gulf states. In addition, Islamic State commanders notoriously used Captagon as a morale booster for fighters heading into battle, thus bolstering its reputation as the "jihadi drug."

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Captagon is not used just to "feel good" by individual users, but also has been given to the fighters of the Islamic State by its commanders, so that they will feel "euphoric and energetic," which bolsters their fighting spirit. While Shi'a Hezbollah is ideologically the enemy of the uber-Sunni takfiris of the Islamic State, it takes the position that "business is business" and has no qualms about selling drugs, including Captagon, to ISIS, whose members would on other occasions think nothing of decapitating the Shi'a of Hezbollah for being the "worst kind of Infidels."

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But more recently, trafficking in Captagon appears to be strictly about generating profits, officials say. While Islamic State fighters sometimes sold the drug for cash during the waning days of the group's self-proclaimed caliphate, the making and marketing of Captagon is a costly and sophisticated enterprise that requires dedicated factories as well as extensive networks for moving the drug across international borders.
All the required ingredients currently exist in northwestern Syria, along with paper manufacturers who make giant paper rolls of the type used to hide the tons of Captagon discovered at Salerno, said Armand Chouet, a Paris-based imagery analyst and author of a report that analyzed the movement of the drugs from Syria to Italy's west coast….

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I think various African 'fighters' have also used it broadly (Sudan/Somalia/Ethiopia), can't really recall. Islam is just an evil plague that preys on ignorant/stupid people, in the absence of God, imho. The illicit drug trade (as well as human slavery/subjugation) naturally appeals to its adherents.