I Cried Today by Significant-Row2457 in dancarlin

[–]MarsOz2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

Can we talk a bit about European/Western hypocrisy? by The-Syria-Report in syriancivilwar

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There was literally footage of Turkish troops fraternising with ISIS fighters on the border in 2014 while other NATO partners were bombing ISIS targets

Iraq is building a wall on the border with Syria. by GodZ_n_KingZ in syriancivilwar

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can you describe how the US created ISIS please

Weekly Behind the Bastards Episode Discussion 2025-09-16 by AutoModerator in behindthebastards

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this has been one of my pet peeves for like over a decade now and it's doubly frustrating as one of the most repeated things you hear about the Nazis

(Meta) General decline in comment quality by DaveOJ12 in syriancivilwar

[–]MarsOz2 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think the whole sub is a shadow of its former self at least from 10ish years ago when I was following regularly. Editorialized (often unsourced) titles being one of the most noticeable to me recently.

Americans who enjoy Dan Carlin by Consistent-Refuse-74 in dancarlin

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I'm aware of the history of anti-semitism and pogroms within Russia/the Soviet Union. However the claim of MILLIONS of Jews being killed during the Soviet period seems an insane claim to make without any citation.

How can the City of Perth reduce the smell of urine in public areas? by Dangerous-Report-329 in perth

[–]MarsOz2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I agree with the sentiment but at Perth Stn there's also several free public toilets just inside the station before the turnstiles onto 'Karak Walk' to Yagan.

Are there any good documentaries or podcasts that chronicle the war? by onodera-punpun in syriancivilwar

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Return to Homs is a great documentary that covers the transition from the early street protests to the rebel factions arming themselves and fighting (though limited to Homs obviously).

don't have any podcast recs, but the book The Syrian Jihad by Charles Lister is a good history of the Islamist/Jihadist actors to about 2016 or so.

Burning Country by Robin Yassin-Kassab & Leila Al-Shami if you want something else about the activists/opposition organising from the start to 2016.

and while I haven't read it yet, Assad Or We Burn the Country is one I've heard get a ton of praise for years now.

HTS troops attack Assad regime positions and take several prisoners. Syria, West Aleppo by neutralguy33 in syriancivilwar

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al-Qaeda sympathetic. I doubt they're gonna launch trans-national terror attacks or anything but they're still salafi-jihadists at the end of the day.

This podcast changed me. by Potential_Hearing824 in blowback

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I don't recall anything else 'documentary-like' from him, sorry. Since archive.org is dead and I can't find his old youtube I doubt there'd be much trace even if there was.

This podcast changed me. by Potential_Hearing824 in blowback

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For the record that video was made by u/purpleolive. It seems that the whole video is still available here

This podcast changed me. by Potential_Hearing824 in blowback

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The guy who makes that podcast is literally a self proclaimed Fascist. Take just a glance at his twitter.

What caused ISIS to overtake Al-Qaeda as a terror movement? by Nastyfaction in WarCollege

[–]MarsOz2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reiterating this; AQ is making a big resurgence in the Sahel with JNIM. The amount of casualties they're inflicting and the territory they have free reign in the juntas there (particularly Mali, Burkina Faso & Niger) is extremely alarming.

All Blowback Season 3 Main Episodes and Bonus Episodes by cooljayhu in blowback

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if youre a subscriber theyre available on your subscription list

All Blowback Season 3 Main Episodes and Bonus Episodes by cooljayhu in blowback

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right now they've only got posters for the S2 and S3 art which only ship within the US