Editor: I was outraged by the lack of any fundamental knowledge of the situation in Syria displayed by R. Gosse (The Times, Oct. 7).
Does Ms. Gosse really believe the refugees are trekking thousands of miles, and crossing seas in overloaded boats, with countless drowning, without any good cause?
President Assad, the Syrian president, has killed at least 250,000 of his own people with bombs, artillery and cyanide gas, not including those tortured to death.
One only has to see the destroyed buildings on TV to realize the enormity of the horror to the people of Syria.
The people of Syria only want their tyrannical, butcher of a president gone, however it appears he would rather murder them all than leave.
Tony Smith,
91原创
