The Assad apologists are out in force again, and baying for blood. It's chilling to see how they latch onto one person's contentious account of a single atrocity, while ignoring the vast weight of evidence for chemical weapons use and conventional massacres by the govt. #Syria

They seek to exonerate one of the bloodiest mass murderers on the planet, denying his crimes and whitewashing his record. In doing so, they share some of the blame for his ongoing mass killing of Syrian people.

I can understand the far right doing this - and boy, the far right loves Assad. But it is deeply disturbing to see people who claim to be on the left among his cheerleaders.

And let me say this once more (though I know it will once more be ignored): I OPPOSE any western military intervention in Syria. But opposing it does not mean we should airbrush what Assad is doing to his own people, or find ourselves acting as cheerleaders for his war.