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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
This is not about "stable factions". If "Stability" is all you want, that's a pretty low bar.
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Here, look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war
Yes, yes, it's wikipedia -- but look at the list of "Belligerents" -- there's a reason why many of us don't care who "wins" in Syria.. and more that we just yearn for stability. Suddam was probably a terrible tyrant to his people, but he also managed to keep religious extremists bottled up, so ultimately who is better for whom and why? Who's fighting to overthrow whom?
There's also this:
http://www.thenational.ae/news/world...ent-a-big-blow -- there's continued demonstrated failure for the "rebels" to form an organization that can be viewed to provide a stable power transition with the soldiers on the ground admiring the "battle hardened" fundamentalists and little enthusiasm to curb them. Here's a quote from the article:
"The rise of jihadist rebels in the last few months as a dominant force in the armed opposition, and the possibility of a backlash by the Sunni majority against Mr Al Assad's Alawite minority, has made international powers hold back from supporting the increasingly radicalised, mostly Sunni rebels."