If Homs Population Is 'Abandoned' What Were People Of Fallujah When The US Flattened It?

'A rebel commander we met insisted that this was not a sectarian fight, that it was a struggle between "the people and Bashar al-Assad" and whether Syrians worshipped in a mosque or a church they should be united.

'But the fight they have taken on is daunting. It is impossible to exaggerate the dangers people here face. Every day brings news of government offensives, troop movements and death.

'Syrians have taken on a Goliath without the means to win. They have achieved much through courage, tenacity and small arms but they may have reached the limit of what they can achieve on their own.

'The simple question everyone asks is "when will the world help?"

'That challenge falls to leaders meeting in Tunisia for a Friends of Syria conference.

'About the only thing that is guaranteed is that without help many more people will be detained and tortured and men, women and children will be killed in Syria.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17138660

If Pannell had written this about Fallujah, he'd be working elsewhere now. Link.