Broke Wave
The GOAT
I was pretty confused as to what and why the U.S. is supporting the FSA against their old buddy Assad, who is friendly to Israel in many ways through his inaction,and acts as a broker and buffer to Iran, as opposed to the FSA which although is a largely secular movement (please look at the facts), does have lots of elements of Islamists and even Al-Qaeda.
I was also wondering why and what benefit could be gained if Assad's regime is toppled to the West, as they would have to deal with an unpredictable coalition of people who's sentiments about Israel and America may or may not be totally friendly. Then it hit me.
I think the Americans have a slam dunk here
1. They let the war go on long enough so Assad is clearly the bad guy, leaving no protest for their support of the FSA
2. The FSA drew in Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran. Now Hezbollah fighters are in the field and America has a chance here to destroy them through their new proxy.
3. The FSA has the universal support of the Sunni-Arab world, and in America supporting them, they will gain some support from a group they have pretty thoroughly victimized.
4. After the war is over and Assad is defeated (this will happen), there will be about 15-20 thousand Islamists and Al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria who will inevitably try and gain power from the FSA... A lot of these people are foreigners and instead of chasing them around the world or in caves, they'll all be in one juicy sexy place opened up for our friend
Can't hide from this when your celebrating your victory.
5. This further weakens and isolates China and Russia, who are once again relegated to irrelevant on the global stage for their inability to effect global issues on their doorsteps, and Russia even further, for their inability to help even their closest allies and customers.
Does America have a play here?
I was also wondering why and what benefit could be gained if Assad's regime is toppled to the West, as they would have to deal with an unpredictable coalition of people who's sentiments about Israel and America may or may not be totally friendly. Then it hit me.
I think the Americans have a slam dunk here
1. They let the war go on long enough so Assad is clearly the bad guy, leaving no protest for their support of the FSA
2. The FSA drew in Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran. Now Hezbollah fighters are in the field and America has a chance here to destroy them through their new proxy.
3. The FSA has the universal support of the Sunni-Arab world, and in America supporting them, they will gain some support from a group they have pretty thoroughly victimized.
4. After the war is over and Assad is defeated (this will happen), there will be about 15-20 thousand Islamists and Al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria who will inevitably try and gain power from the FSA... A lot of these people are foreigners and instead of chasing them around the world or in caves, they'll all be in one juicy sexy place opened up for our friend
Can't hide from this when your celebrating your victory.
5. This further weakens and isolates China and Russia, who are once again relegated to irrelevant on the global stage for their inability to effect global issues on their doorsteps, and Russia even further, for their inability to help even their closest allies and customers.
Does America have a play here?
