"We’ve come through Turkey to fight the Kurds"
Members of Erdogan's Syrian mercenary groups trick an elderly man into expressing support for Bashar al-Assad by pretending to be SAA soldiers.
The fate of the man is unknown.
transcript:
Elderly man: all of you in the Syrian Arab Army!
Soldier A: How long have you served [in the SAA]?
Elderly man: Seven years, three months and seven days.
Soldier A: I have been serving for 4-5 years. I have left my rank badges in the car.
Elderly man: I don’t know, son…
When I was your age…
Soldier A: But now that the revolution happened, our uniforms changed.
Elderly man: Who is better, Bashar al-Assad or Erdogan?
*audio cut; old man cursing Erdogan.
Soldier A: Is al-Assad better?
Elderly man: al-Assad! al-Assad is worth the whole world!
Soldier A: How so?
Elderly man: I don’t know…
Soldier A: We the Free Army [FSA]
Elderly man: You are FSA?
Soldier A: Yea!
Elderly man: Delighted!
Soldier A: Thanks!
Elderly man: God bless you!
Soldier A: But you bash us
Elderly man: No, no, no…
Soldier B: Why do you insult Erdogan then?
Soldier A: We are the FSA; the National Army [NSA]; we’ve come through Turkey to fight the Kurds.