Propaganda Strategy

The rebels always claim that the government has committed atrocities and war crimes
and killed innocent unarmed people.

They always make these claims.

In order to get support from outside parties

Now as a strategy does it really make sense for the government to order civilians to be shot? Does not the government know that if true this behavior would bring in support for the rebellion?

What can we believe? Is there any truth in this?
If someone gets shot in a demonstration, how do we know who did the shooting?
Plenty of people with guns.

Rush to judgment always picking sides never know the truth
cannot prove a negative

prove you did not do this!

that is not how our law operates.
Here you must prove somebody did something, they don't have to prove they did not!

If I accuse you of building weapons of mass destruction then you are already guilty because it is impossible to prove you are not building them!

I believe people everywhere are trying to do their best, to do what is right, according to their own lights.

I will not condemn, but I will criticize those who accuse and judge and use this to authorize and justify force and violence.