In my last post on Syria, I warned against arming the rebels
too quickly against Assad unless we are very sure that the rebels we are arming
are actually on our side.
Syria has been a more or less stable country for many
decades because the dictator there did not put up with religious nonsense and
put down any insurrection with brutality; Syria was governed as a secular
state.
Many of the rebels fighting the Assad regime are now calling
for an ISLAMIC STATE. This sounds a lot like al-Qaeda to me and smells like
trouble for all involved.
These rebels have already shown their brutality in dealing
with opponents and may foretell the making of another IRAN which is obviously
supporting those rebels.
What we have here is the classic Shia vs. Sunni with Alawites
(Shia variation) thrown into the mix. What I am saying is that no matter which
rebel group we support with arms; a civil war is assured.
We are all gong-ho about destroying Assad’s stockpile of
chemical weapons which is OK and especially with Russia cooperating with us but
getting rid of the Assad regime (as is our goal) may not be in our best
interests giving the reluctance of Americans to open up another military strife
where our troops could be killed.
Unfortunately, Syria is a quagmire for us and therefore
should be avoided at all costs.
What should we do? Nothing…let them all kill each other.
We could offer aid to all the refugees produced by all the
in-fighting; the usual and real victims of this strife.
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