President
Trump should be conservative with Syria; keeping the present Alawite
Government is the sole practical option though the leadership may
need to change if it perps illegal war disproportionate to the
opposition too much.
Civil
war is nasty business especially when stimulated by so much Saudi and
American help for the opposition. Its worth remembering that the
U.S.A. has very dirty hands as far as non-involvement in Syria goes.
The situation is rather treacherous.
A Sunni Syria would be a victory for a caliphate for practical purposes. It would destabilize the Middle East further and present future threats to the west, if anyone remains to care.
The United States is often too quick to desire to intervene in affairs it does not well understand because it profits defense contractors and the careers of generals. The United States in the past had a no first use of chemical weapons policy before changing it recently to no use. That does not mean however that very vulnerable and endangered nations may not choose to use chemical weapons invented by Germany and the United States (VX) for self-defense. If advantaged nuclear-empowered nations have no use for chemical weapons and can kill at their pleasure without them, and if they own the world court, it is not too surprising that they may find the use of chemical weapons by small nations heavily attacked as a cause for condemnation. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A Sunni Syria would be a victory for a caliphate for practical purposes. It would destabilize the Middle East further and present future threats to the west, if anyone remains to care.
The United States is often too quick to desire to intervene in affairs it does not well understand because it profits defense contractors and the careers of generals. The United States in the past had a no first use of chemical weapons policy before changing it recently to no use. That does not mean however that very vulnerable and endangered nations may not choose to use chemical weapons invented by Germany and the United States (VX) for self-defense. If advantaged nuclear-empowered nations have no use for chemical weapons and can kill at their pleasure without them, and if they own the world court, it is not too surprising that they may find the use of chemical weapons by small nations heavily attacked as a cause for condemnation. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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