headline fail from foreignpolicy.com
Jun. 5th, 2013 02:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerAfter weeks of fighting, Syrian forces overtake the strategic town of Qusayr
What, was it running somewhere?
In a related NPR story, that service referred to Hezbollah "guerrillas" fighting in Syria. Uh, guys, maybe you haven't noticed, but these chaps are not hiding in caves and ambushing supply convoys. They are a semi-regular fighting force with heavy weapons, fighting in the closest thing we have any more to conventional warfare. They are not guerrillas.
Oh, and NPR Reporter? You are in a city that has seen more than a year's worth of serious fighting featuring not just infantry heavy weapons, but tanks, artillery, and air attacks. Do not express surprise that the streets are "empty" and "like a ghost town". Not if you expect me to respect your intelligence.
What, was it running somewhere?
In a related NPR story, that service referred to Hezbollah "guerrillas" fighting in Syria. Uh, guys, maybe you haven't noticed, but these chaps are not hiding in caves and ambushing supply convoys. They are a semi-regular fighting force with heavy weapons, fighting in the closest thing we have any more to conventional warfare. They are not guerrillas.
Oh, and NPR Reporter? You are in a city that has seen more than a year's worth of serious fighting featuring not just infantry heavy weapons, but tanks, artillery, and air attacks. Do not express surprise that the streets are "empty" and "like a ghost town". Not if you expect me to respect your intelligence.
