- 15 Apr 2018 09:39
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There is discontent and dissension in any society. The civil war is the result of foreign interventions. The US has tried to topple Assad for at least 10 years. That is long before the Arab Spring. Assad could not have survived for so long the combined onslaught of the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, the Kurds, IS, Al Qaeda and numerous groups of Islamist fighters if he didn't have substantial support in the Syrian population.
Assad is the only guarantor for the safety of ethnic and religious minorities who have lived there side by side for centuries. Even the Vatican, which has unparalleled diplomatic experience in the region, opposes regime change in Syria because Christian communities that have lived there for nearly 2,000 years will be wiped out by the Islamist head-choppers.
The West has never tolerated any strong national leaders in the region.
There is nothing for the West "to handle" in Syria. Syria is a sovereign country. The West doesn't have any right whatsoever to promote regime change in Syria.
Patrickov wrote:Frankly I don't oppose him winning, but what he did was probably the root cause of the civil war.
There is discontent and dissension in any society. The civil war is the result of foreign interventions. The US has tried to topple Assad for at least 10 years. That is long before the Arab Spring. Assad could not have survived for so long the combined onslaught of the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, the Kurds, IS, Al Qaeda and numerous groups of Islamist fighters if he didn't have substantial support in the Syrian population.
Assad is the only guarantor for the safety of ethnic and religious minorities who have lived there side by side for centuries. Even the Vatican, which has unparalleled diplomatic experience in the region, opposes regime change in Syria because Christian communities that have lived there for nearly 2,000 years will be wiped out by the Islamist head-choppers.
The West has never tolerated any strong national leaders in the region.
The West just handled this very poorly.
There is nothing for the West "to handle" in Syria. Syria is a sovereign country. The West doesn't have any right whatsoever to promote regime change in Syria.