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| DATE | 2016-12-25 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Syria wished you a Merry Christmas
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Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com):
> Commentary: Aleppo's fall will change U.S. and Russian roles in Syria
> Rebel fighters and civilians gather as they wait to be evacuated from a
> rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 16, 2016.
> REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
> Rebel fighters and civilians gather as they wait to be evacuated from a
> rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 16, 2016.
> REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Wait, I thought Reuters always lies? ;->
Author Mohamad Bazzi seems to paint a good picture of the situation.
One thing Americans tend to forget in all this: Civil wars are only
very rarely like the 1861 to 1865 one where there were two clearly
distinguished sides and where at least the shootings by standing armies
ceased after four years. Civil wars much more typically involve dozens
or hundreds of factions with fractally complex cross-hatreds that
are almost impossible to ever end.
And sane outsiders stay away from them and count themselves lucky to be
able to do so.
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