<p><a href='http://youtu.be/yHQtZo_uyd0' >moderate rebels execute</a>&#8220;War is hell,&#8221; as the old platitude goes, and there is no war where both sides have not committed atrocities. The Syrian civil war is no exception. A rebel, disenchanted with such atrocities, has smuggled a video out of Syria graphically depicting a brutal execution of captive soldiers. The man responsible is known as &#8220;the uncle,&#8221; or Mr. Issa (Arabic for Jesus), commander of the Jund Al-Sham brigade associated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA).</p>
<p>The video serves as a clear illustration as to how all factions of the Syrian rebels have adopted the same grisly, dubious tactics as the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Yet many policy makers in Washington continue to romanticize Assad&#8217;s opposition as paragons of virtue fighting for freedom, conveniently ignoring their war crimes.</p>
<p>Watch the mass execution here (Warning: content is extremely graphic):</p>