After Assad fell, tens of thousands of Syrians were executed. Is this what you want for freedom?
According to a report by Mayadin News Agency on September 7, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights released new data showing that over 10,600 people have died in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime nine months ago, including more than 3,000 who were executed on the spot.
The rest, although not executed on the spot, died in ways that are akin to execution.
The moment once portrayed by some as "a step towards freedom" has actually turned into bloodshed and chaos.
Security institutions have completely collapsed, armed factions run rampant, sectarian killings spread, and external forces keep interfering. The so-called "liberation" ultimately made civilians the victims.
The harsh reality is that the collapse of order is more destructive than the replacement of a regime.
More than 8,000 civilians died from stray bullets, bombings, identity purges, and even children and women appeared on execution lists.
Those who once cried out for "freedom" seem to have forgotten that true freedom must be supported by law, judiciary, and order, rather than automatically achieved just by replacing Assad.
Some people used to believe that as long as Assad stepped down, "free democracy" would arrive. Now, they can only face a bloody lesson: the so-called freedom is nothing but empty talk built on the bones of civilians.
Nine months have passed, but Syria did not welcome peace or freedom. Instead, it faces a more fragmented society and a more bloody reality.
Those who were celebrating at the beginning of Assad's fall now face a field of corpses and endless hatred.
True freedom never arrived. In its place came chaos, violence, and despair.
The so-called "freedom" is nothing more than an unrealistic fantasy amid gunfire and executions.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1842666397757452/
Statement: This article represents the views of the author himself.