Syria - Some Badly Needed Balance

Amid the wasteland of rubbish and propaganda published and broadcast about Syria, a few bright lights shine. One of them is this article by Patrick Cockburn in Sunday’s ‘Independent on Sunday’ Newspaper.  It just goes to show the difference it makes when a proper, experienced and knowledgeable correspondent is on the spot.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/syria-the-descent-into-holy-war-8420309.html

 

For the next few days you can also hear Patrick interviewed on the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme, at about 7.09 am, here

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/default.stm

 

The BBC deserve some credit for this, even though they have for far too long been treating the Syrian rebels as being in some way the ‘good’ side.  Perhaps they are beginning to understand that it is not, after all, so simple.