For close to a year we have been reading that Syrian Security Forces have been trying to put down street protests. We hear that 3 were killed here and 6 were killed there and the total (we always like to read about totals) is a few thousand. If the late Paul Harvey were visiting with me today, he would urge me to tell you The Rest of the Story.
Actually I don’t know The Rest of the Story but I know enough to know that the story we do know can’t possibly be the unvarnished truth.
What’s that you just said? Did I hear you say that I have no way of knowing that this story is not the true story? I am ready to defend this position because I have used Common Sense. If you don’t remember what Common Sense is ... Google It!
Here is how I pieced together my skepticism...
- We read articles that say that thousands demonstrated this day or that day.
- We see pictures of the thousands crowded together like sardines in local town squares.
- We know this is true because Middle-Easterners do everything crowded together like sardines. If a Middle-Easterner decides to go to the 7/11 and get a bag of pretzels, he first calls up 30 to 40 friends to go with him.
- Recently I read that Syrian Security Forces had changed tactics. The article said that they had been using automatic weapons and artillery but this day they changed to tear gas.
- Here is where my use of Common Sense came into play. Demonstrators are bunched together like sardines in small town squares all over Syria. Security Forces have been shooting at them with automatic weapons and artillery. How is it that only 3 to 6 people get killed at a time? It is Common Sense to know that the bad guys would have to be terrible marksmen for them to hit so few targets, therefore, they must be varnishing the truth.
If we are ever told the truth, we are going to find out that a lot more people have been falling down dead in Syria.
Would I kid u?
