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Richard Fernandez, PJ Media: Downfall in Syria
President Assad is in big trouble.
One of the constantly repeated themes in recent articles is that the Assad regime in Syria is on the ropes. However, few news items explain why that is and fewer still say what that means. Anne Barnard and her team at the New York Times give a good account of Assad’s dire straits, implying that the survival of the regime is now seriously in doubt. “The Syrian Army has suffered a string of defeats from re-energized insurgents and is struggling to replenish its ranks as even pro-government families increasingly refuse to send sons to poorly defended units on the front lines. These developments raise newly urgent questions about the durability of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.”
WNU Editor: A summary on what is happening in Syria. What's my take .... the trend is now shifting away from Syrian President Assad and his allies.
8 comments:
Regardless who wins whether it be the forces of Assad or the rebels the United States loses. Either ISIS backed forces win or Assad backed forces win. Either way bitter enemies of America loses.
As for a "moderate" force to oppose Assad, this was always a myth that never would happen nor could it have happened. The US lacks the ability to raise up, train, or equip such a force and even if it could due to Middle Eastern political realities such a force would have turned on America anyway even if such a force could have been raised which it could not have been.
The best approach for America would have been either to support Assad in an attempt to gain favor with Russia the world's most powerful country or to stay out of this all together.
B.poster
No again to doing what Russia and China want us to do politically or militarily.
You kick a dead horse a lot.
As I said one option would have been to stay out of this all together. As it is, our bumbling in this area has made both sides angry at us. A horse is not "dead" simply because one claims it is dead. If my analysis is correct, then the solutions proposed are correct. In any event, policies that might actually lead to conflict with Russia or China do not seem like a good idea. I think we would agree on that.
So do what they want us to do politically and militarily?....NO
As I think I said, 1.) help Assad against ISIS in attempt to win favor with Russia and their ally China and perhaps even help our situation with Iran or 2.)stay out of the situation all together. Personally I'm for option 2 and was from the start. Is this what they want us to do? I don't know. In any event, regardless the outcome WE LOSE!! Either ISIS wins or the forces of Assad win. There is no "moderate" force we can support, there never was, and never could be in time to make a difference. Even if we had the resources to devote to training and arming such a force which we don't as those resources need to be used for training and arming our own forces there was never any possibility of raising it up in time to make a difference and besides given the rampant anti-Americanism in the region they'd just turn on us in the end anyway!!
Having no dog in the fight so to speak it seems to me the best approach would have been to stay out of this entirely. As it is, we've managed to p!ss both sides off. Perhaps this is what the Russians wanted all along!! If you want us involved, perhaps you are supporting what the Russians wanted us to do politically and militarily.
B Poster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAmPIq29ro
Thanks for the link but according to you tube it is no longer available.
The video is still there.
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