timnboston said:
Syria has been in chaos for years. Getting a passport - particularly if you are not part of the ruling clique - may be close to impossible. So your only, option if you want to travel, is to get a forged passport. Many Jews escaped Nazi Germany with forged papers because the Nazis would not issue them legal ones.
Many legitimate refugee have spent their life savings to get forged Syrian passports to get away from the terrorists - much like the Jews referenced above. Much easier, I guess, to assume they had bad intentions which maybe they did, the point being we don't know. And then quickly move to arguing over whether or not to photocopy passports in what size/color, etc. they should be. Jeesh.
