Russian Warships Head To Syria In Show Of Power

[jzodda]

18. Well I agree to an extent

A negotiated end to this with Assad and his gang on a plane to wherever is the best result.

However, sometimes a full blown shitstorm is the only way out of these messes. That is what history, and the history of war has shown to us. There comes a point where 2 sides are too far apart and only victory on the field of battle can settle things. I do not foresee Assad and his gang willing to leave unless the FSA is on the march in sight of his palace. By then it will be too late anyway.

Eventually, I believe that the rebels will over-run the gov positions and the remnants of the regime will flee to the mountains where his sect are from. There, its possible they could continue the fight for an extended period. We don't know what will happen with the Islamists at this point, as its too early to tell.

The best we can hope for is that when the rebels to gain the upper hand overall is that the secularists have more arms than the Islamists so if civil war part 2 begins the Islamist could be defeated. More likely will be that the native Islamist groups who have fought for the rebels will be integrated into new establishment. Not preferable but maybe unavoidable.