US: Russia Sending Syria Attack Helicopters

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23. I find it hard to take a real opinion on this...

Simply because without being there and seeing what's going on, it's difficult to know what's the truth and what isn't. It's also difficult because in war there is never a purely good and a purely bad side. So you might hear the rebels did some horrible shit, and it could very well be true. The same goes for the government troops.

War is a fucked up thing. Even if we had first hand experience of what's going on, our viewpoint would be skewed by our localized view of events and interpretations. Although, it's difficult to defend purposely shelling civilians. The problem is if that's exactly how it played out. As in, did they really purposely aim to kill civilians, or were they killed during an attack on some rebels who were firing rockets or mortars at government troops? To the civilians, they probably don't care either way though.. Dead is dead.

I guess my point is that it's not all black and white.