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In reply to the discussion: A Torrent of Disinformation : The NeoCon Propaganda Machine Pushing “Regime Change” in Syria [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)uprising. And, it isn't entirely indigenous. If it were, and if popular uprisings had a chance of succeeding in efficient police states with a large base of support like Syria, I would support it. But, the Tunisia model of popular insurrection and the Libya model of humanitarian intervention against isolated, autocrats aren't appropriate in Syria.
Here's why: Syria is a genocide waiting to happen if the opposition overthrows the regime. The Shi'ia minority-dominated Ba'ath Party have run the place by force since the 1964 military coup in the face of repeated efforts by the Sunnis and their Saudi-Gulf State sponsors to overthrow the regime by force and terror. It's part a religious war mixed up with a war for regional hegemony. The present struggle is seen inside Syria as just a continuation of that "long campaign of terror". Look it up.
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From 1976 to 1982, Sunni Islamists fought the Ba'ath Party-controlled government of Syria in what has been called "long campaign of terror". Islamists attacked ...
As it is, this is a recurring bloody civil war, and western countries prodded by Israel are only making it bloodier. But, the outcome is likely to be a continued stalemate with significant casualties for both the opposition and the regime. An armed intervention would result in a spread of the fighting and a prolonged regional war with huge casualties for all involved. No, thank you.