How War in Syria Turned Ordinary Engineers Into Deadly Weapons Inventors

This is no doubt interesting, but it&#x27;s very obviously a PR piece written to subtly engender American support for arming Syrian Rebels. This chaotic conflict is making for very strange bedfellows of the United States and certain extremist groups.<p>There was a nearly identical article in <i>The Atlantic</i> a few months back, Edward Bernays would be proud!<p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/02/diy-weapons-of-the-syrian-rebels/100461/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;infocus&#x2F;2013&#x2F;02&#x2F;diy-weapons-of-th...</a>

Well since the word engineer originated to designate people who built machines of war, this is not terribly surprising.<p>(Reference, most French language dictionaries) Such as: <a href="http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/ing%C3%A9nieur/43051" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.larousse.fr&#x2F;dictionnaires&#x2F;francais&#x2F;ing%C3%A9nieur...</a>

&gt; He points to a stack of metal objects in the corner, shaped like old-fashioned fire-alarm bells. They are what are known in military parlance as victim-operated improvised explosive devices—or, in plain English, land mines.<p>Uh, I hope they don&#x27;t use those land mines. Years after the war end, those buried land mines would still killing people.