Seems a little Off...
30 2013-08-14 by hangthemhigh
Are these guys a little too clean to have been fighting a rebellion?
Their uniforms don't have a single stain or blemish. In fact, they look brand-new. The guy in the black with the blasting wire doesn't have a single piece of lint or dirt on him? I can't pull that off on the way to dinner. He also has a pretty tight fade under that cap. I don't know but it seems a little off. Look at the cuffs on the BTU's around their shoes, not one tear or loose string?
Original Article: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/08/war-torn-syria-split-into-three-regions/100572/
Look at the difference between the fighters labled 'government forces' and the other fighters.
12 comments
9 RoyalWithCheese22 2013-08-14
It's from Syria's 'Rebel's Fashion Magazine'. Let me direct your attention at how beautiful these camouflage ensembles fit together with traditional Islamic garment.
2 DaltonK 2013-08-14
The mix of camo and khaki makes you look in a camp voice FABULOUS!
4 moparornocar 2013-08-14
It's pretty common to have posed photos during wars. You can find examples from all of history.
I don't fully understand what you are fully trying to get at. Could you elaborate a little more?
1 Entry_Point 2013-08-14
Mind you, we're financing these assholes. To fight a proxy war against a democratically elected individual and his country's armed forces. Did you happen to miss that part?
2 SyntheticLife 2013-08-14
The first picture looks Photoshopped.
1 Entry_Point 2013-08-14
Just wearing my nice dress casual clothes, trying to kill my fellow man at a football stadium.
1 Yoski33 2013-08-14
Where are these originally from?
3 hangthemhigh 2013-08-14
found it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/08/war-torn-syria-split-into-three-regions/100572/
the guy with the drill is in sandals, the bottom of the BDU's are clean and neat? Have to say it looks tragic. There seems to be a pic of a couple of 'real' fighters in the original labled 'government forces', while the rest seem a little too... unscathed.
1 Forythias 2013-08-14
It's like anything else, your brain will automatically 'prefer' the side that looks nice/ looks like what we see in the movies. For example, if I took 2 photos of the same food; one with my iphone in low light and one with a professional camera with adjusted lighting, and i asked you which dish you would prefer, you'd pick the prettier picture. Just another form of propaganda.
1 oPeacheso 2013-08-14
There either fake or they all knew they were getting they're picture taken that day.
1 HarlanHowls 2013-08-14
Did anyone else notice the guy in the top right of the pic of the woman? Weird placement and staring right into the camera...kind of creepy.
1 HarlanHowls 2013-08-14
Lol for the record I do see that it's an Ad and not a real guy but I think that just makes it creepier