I do not share your optimism. Still, let’s hope Syria surprises everyone and actually tolerates minorities and is willing to solve disputes civilly- particularly when dealing with Israel.
I choose to hold out hope that Syria can still turn out secular, moderate and democratic. While I would vastly prefer if the Russian bases were closed the decision to keep them in short term is smart - as this can be used to extract large concessions from the West in exchange for removing the bases. The new govt can extract large rebuilding loans a la Marshall plan in exchange for booting the Russians out of the Med.
I do not share your optimism. I am old enough to remember that the Taliban said the same thing as the rolled back across Afghanistan. "Women's rights will be respected", "We will not be implementing strict Sharia law", blah, blah, blah. HTS is being bankrolled by Erdogan so they are savvy on how to manipulate American and European media.
I do not share your optimism. Still, let’s hope Syria surprises everyone and actually tolerates minorities and is willing to solve disputes civilly- particularly when dealing with Israel.
I choose to hold out hope that Syria can still turn out secular, moderate and democratic. While I would vastly prefer if the Russian bases were closed the decision to keep them in short term is smart - as this can be used to extract large concessions from the West in exchange for removing the bases. The new govt can extract large rebuilding loans a la Marshall plan in exchange for booting the Russians out of the Med.
I do not share your optimism. I am old enough to remember that the Taliban said the same thing as the rolled back across Afghanistan. "Women's rights will be respected", "We will not be implementing strict Sharia law", blah, blah, blah. HTS is being bankrolled by Erdogan so they are savvy on how to manipulate American and European media.
Thank you. I have never read any even vaguely optimistic view on Syria. The poor people have suffered for 70 years peace would be a blessing for all.
As Stalin said trust but verify! Hard to believe all this optimism. I am
Sure Israel is exactly what Stalin stated. Would be amazing if actually true.
Thanks so much for this thoughtful analysis. Really helps to understand the landscape.
He appears to be an acolyte of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman.