I,too, am worried that in the middle of all this, a new authoritarian regime could develop. I sincerely hope not Even though the US can't really send military equipment, could any humanitarian aid be sent? Could the Peace Corps or something similar be welcome there??
What would you advise the U.S. backed SDF to do? Are these descendants of Ataturk refugees supposed to allow themselves to fall under the domain of Turkish forces? What if Iran offered them security assistance, should they take it? (No huh?)
A dangerous mess that the US should stay out of. Only participate from the periohery. People there do not want or appreciate US help. So tread lightly if at all.
This Will not end well. It never does in that part of the world, really all the world from Pakistán to Morocco are either a tirany, a disaster or failed States. This Will not be an exception. Neither the Syrian society IS prepared for a normal democracy nor Will religious or ethnic groups allow It nor the regional or foreign powers let It be. I would be surprised if this not ends Up as a new Afganistan. More suffering IS coming.
.....30 years ago.... Hafez el Assad took power in Syria in 1971, and ruled ruthlessly for almost 30 years until his death. One of his many sobriquets was “the butcher of Hama,” so named for the killing of some 20,000 Syrians who rebelled against his tyrannical regime in 1982. When that happened, it barely made the news; if memory serves, a small piece was relegated to page 17 of The New York Times. While Assad was no genius, he was a shrewd operator who secured his own place in power, and Syria’s role as Iranian entrepôt and de facto ruler of Lebanon. He had hoped to hand his crown - and make no mistake, this self proclaimed “socialist” intended to keep his country in his family. (D. Pletka. WTH: The Fall of Assad. AEI. Dec 08, 2024). 1.) Where are/were students from Columbia University, New York University, Yale University, and MIT protesting against the Assad regime? 2.) What for? United Nations/UNITAD (Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL.The Investigative Team concluded its mandate on 17 September 2024 pursuant to Security Council resolution 2697 (2023), and is no longer operational. 3.) What about? International establishment media....Propagandapaper´s Co. "Unrestrained freedom exists for the press, but not for the readership, because newspapers mostly transmit in a forceful and emphatic way those opinions which do not too openly contradict their own and that general trend"....Hastiness and superficiality-these are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century and more than anywhere else this is manifested in the press. In-depth analysis of a problem is anathema to the press; it is contrary to its nature. The press merely picks out sensational formulas...Such as it is, however, the press has become the greatest power within the Western countries, exceeding that of the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. Yet one would like to ask: According to what law has it been elected and to whom is it responsible? In the Communist East, a journalist is frankly appointed as a state official. But who has voted Western journalists into their positions of power, for how long a time, and with what prerogatives? (Alexander Solzhenitsyn. A World Split Apart. Harvard University. June 8, 1978) ...tsk tsk tsk... Syria's future is heavily in President Erdoğan's hands. “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.” (George Orwell) (1) With Assad out, Turkey steps up assault on Syria’s Kurds. Dec 10, 2024. -://ruclips.net/video/Q4tnTzHinD0/видео.htmlsi=4LzwKjuFsk47LOs3 (2) This modern era began with some hope of change; as the AKP rose to power, reforms pushed for European Union (EU) integration, expansion of civil rights, the abolition of the death penalty, and a reduced role for the military. But the EU agenda was dropped in the mid-2000s after some European opposition, and the country took a turn towards authoritarianism...The government launched investigations into opposition party members, viewed as attempts to neutralize opposition. Efforts were made for constitutional reform up until the implementation of the 2017 referendum, when the AKP saw their work come to fruition by riding heightened security concerns after a coup attempt in 2016. Since then, critics argue, “the rule of law has been systematically ignored.”....The government launched investigations into opposition party members, viewed as attempts to neutralize opposition. Efforts were made for constitutional reform up until the implementation of the 2017 referendum, when the AKP saw their work come to fruition by riding heightened security concerns after a coup attempt in 2016. Since then, critics argue, “the rule of law has been systematically ignored.” (J. Abramian. How Activists, Including Nobel Winner Nadia Murad, Are Advocating For Missing Yazidi Women And Children. Forbes. Oct 28, 2021). (3) "He did not stop smiling for the longest time as he looked out at the crowd in front of him, who couldn't stop shouting their joy.... The Turkish president, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Republic on October 29, is reviving sultans and strongmen, while relying on a dramatization of the national narrative. He aligns characters and events with his ideological vision in a neo-Ottoman-inspired bid for renaissance....The year 2023 has long been on the president's horizon. He also occasionally mentions 2053, the 600th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople, and 2071, which will mark the millennium of the arrival of the Seljuks in Anatolia. But this centenary date had become his mantra, a sacred formula scarcely dented by a dizzying economic crisis, a devastating earthquake, increasingly sharp criticism of his authoritarian drift and a re-election that ultimately came down to a run-off for the first time." (N. Bourcier. Erdogan, the enduring reinterpreter of Turkish history. Le Monde. Oct 29, 2023).
Hello Ian. Please compare the actions and policies of Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan with those of Bashar Assad. The striking similarities between these two ruling families will astound you.
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Ms. Ghattas was very knowledgeable.
They replaced one terrorist with another
I,too, am worried that in the middle of all this, a new authoritarian regime could develop. I sincerely hope not
Even though the US can't really send military equipment, could any humanitarian aid be sent? Could the Peace Corps or something similar be welcome there??
@@sarahnichols4439 qatar already started sending humanitarian aid
Qatar being qatar
Qatar has it handled.
Well said I like this expert.
Putin to Erdogan: you break it you own it. Iran: we cannot afford to take Israel’s bait.
What would you advise the U.S. backed SDF to do?
Are these descendants of Ataturk refugees supposed to allow themselves to fall under the domain of Turkish forces?
What if Iran offered them security assistance, should they take it? (No huh?)
Thank you.
A dangerous mess that the US should stay out of. Only participate from the periohery. People there do not want or appreciate US help. So tread lightly if at all.
As long as you own your words from here on out. Assad was way worse than Israel and turkey is in and involved. Mention this please.
This Will not end well. It never does in that part of the world, really all the world from Pakistán to Morocco are either a tirany, a disaster or failed States. This Will not be an exception. Neither the Syrian society IS prepared for a normal democracy nor Will religious or ethnic groups allow It nor the regional or foreign powers let It be.
I would be surprised if this not ends Up as a new Afganistan.
More suffering IS coming.
.....30 years ago....
Hafez el Assad took power in Syria in 1971, and ruled ruthlessly for almost 30 years until his death. One of his many sobriquets was “the butcher of Hama,” so named for the killing of some 20,000 Syrians who rebelled against his tyrannical regime in 1982. When that happened, it barely made the news; if memory serves, a small piece was relegated to page 17 of The New York Times. While Assad was no genius, he was a shrewd operator who secured his own place in power, and Syria’s role as Iranian entrepôt and de facto ruler of Lebanon. He had hoped to hand his crown - and make no mistake, this self proclaimed “socialist” intended to keep his country in his family. (D. Pletka. WTH: The Fall of Assad. AEI. Dec 08, 2024).
1.) Where are/were students from Columbia University, New York University, Yale University, and MIT protesting against the Assad regime?
2.) What for? United Nations/UNITAD (Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL.The Investigative Team concluded its mandate on 17 September 2024 pursuant to Security Council resolution 2697 (2023), and is no longer operational.
3.) What about? International establishment media....Propagandapaper´s Co.
"Unrestrained freedom exists for the press, but not for the readership, because newspapers mostly transmit in a forceful and emphatic way those opinions which do not too openly contradict their own and that general trend"....Hastiness and superficiality-these are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century and more than anywhere else this is manifested in the press. In-depth analysis of a problem is anathema to the press; it is contrary to its nature. The press merely picks out sensational formulas...Such as it is, however, the press has become the greatest power within the Western countries, exceeding that of the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. Yet one would like to ask: According to what law has it been elected and to whom is it responsible? In the Communist East, a journalist is frankly appointed as a state official. But who has voted Western journalists into their positions of power, for how long a time, and with what prerogatives? (Alexander Solzhenitsyn. A World Split Apart. Harvard University. June 8, 1978)
...tsk tsk tsk...
Syria's future is heavily in President Erdoğan's hands.
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.” (George Orwell)
(1) With Assad out, Turkey steps up assault on Syria’s Kurds. Dec 10, 2024. -://ruclips.net/video/Q4tnTzHinD0/видео.htmlsi=4LzwKjuFsk47LOs3
(2) This modern era began with some hope of change; as the AKP rose to power, reforms pushed for European Union (EU) integration, expansion of civil rights, the abolition of the death penalty, and a reduced role for the military. But the EU agenda was dropped in the mid-2000s after some European opposition, and the country took a turn towards authoritarianism...The government launched investigations into opposition party members, viewed as attempts to neutralize opposition. Efforts were made for constitutional reform up until the implementation of the 2017 referendum, when the AKP saw their work come to fruition by riding heightened security concerns after a coup attempt in 2016. Since then, critics argue, “the rule of law has been systematically ignored.”....The government launched investigations into opposition party members, viewed as attempts to neutralize opposition. Efforts were made for constitutional reform up until the implementation of the 2017 referendum, when the AKP saw their work come to fruition by riding heightened security concerns after a coup attempt in 2016. Since then, critics argue, “the rule of law has been systematically ignored.” (J. Abramian. How Activists, Including Nobel Winner Nadia Murad, Are Advocating For Missing Yazidi Women And Children. Forbes. Oct 28, 2021).
(3) "He did not stop smiling for the longest time as he looked out at the crowd in front of him, who couldn't stop shouting their joy....
The Turkish president, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Republic on October 29, is reviving sultans and strongmen, while relying on a dramatization of the national narrative. He aligns characters and events with his ideological vision in a neo-Ottoman-inspired bid for renaissance....The year 2023 has long been on the president's horizon. He also occasionally mentions 2053, the 600th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople, and 2071, which will mark the millennium of the arrival of the Seljuks in Anatolia. But this centenary date had become his mantra, a sacred formula scarcely dented by a dizzying economic crisis, a devastating earthquake, increasingly sharp criticism of his authoritarian drift and a re-election that ultimately came down to a run-off for the first time." (N. Bourcier. Erdogan, the enduring reinterpreter of Turkish history. Le Monde. Oct 29, 2023).
May God be with the Syrian ppl ❤️❤️
Hello Ian. Please compare the actions and policies of Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan with those of Bashar Assad. The striking similarities between these two ruling families will astound you.
Azerbaijan has oil and pipelines to Europe. Assad’s oil is under US sponsored Kurdish SDF control. Without oil, Assad couldn’t pay his soldiers.