Originally Posted by
Bill Moore
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I am highly suspect of statements like this. How could the author possibly know this? Sharia is rule of law, but it doesn't provide equal treatment under the law to non-believers. If moderates are the majority in the opposition where are their successes? Where are their voices (predominately it appears those voices are Western editors who desire to see the moderates as the majority thus reflecting the old truth that perception is reality, but reality to them may not be reality on the ground)? There are tens of narratives out there seeking to be dominate the debate in describing the resistance in Syria, and facts seem to have little to do with it.
As to the author's point about the moderate principles not be developed into an ideology that can inspire, motivate, and mobilize they can turn to the great American propagandists during the American Revolution for inspiration, but even then at least half of the population remained loyal to the England. That isn't a popular narrative in the U.S., so it is seldom heard, but then again narratives don't have to reflect the truth, they only have to reflect the world the way we desire to see it.
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