Posted by: Mic
Posted by: tungsten
You believe the US/British arming the jihadis to the teeth didn't exacerbate the situation? Wow indeed....
In the beginning, it was NOT jihadis, tbh. In the beginning of the conflict the situation was different, long before IS and other crackheads started to fill the local power vacuums. Oh well, it seems that you do not have an issue with Russia declaring war and invading a country like Ukraine, and it seems as if you give the fault for the Syrian civil war solely to the Western states and their actions.
I wonder what you say about Russia's interfering and mingling in Syria with Wagner mercenaries for example, but this would then turn into a silly game of tennis which I do not think is of value for you or me. I have the impression that you are hellbent on "being right" when it comes to Russia and their imperialism/nationalism that is currently invading a sovereign country, I guess, so be.
So the Syrian conflict was something which will become more frequent, a climate change war. Drought forced agricultural communities off the land and into the cities were ethnic/cultural differences created friction which broke out into protests to which Assad responded to with brutality typical of middle-eastern rulers. Even one like Assad democratically elected and enjoying the support of the majority of the population at the time.
The "west" then flooded the country with arms, mercenaries and whatever else they thought would destabilize the country enough to bring Assad down and install a dictator amenable to their wishes - the primary one being to deny Russia use of its naval facillity at Tartus.
Plus Syria was one of the ME countries on amerikkkas hit list along with Lybia, Iraq, and Iran.
So what Russia had/has mercenaires in Syria? amerikkka has uniformed troops illegally squatting on Syria's oil fields right now, today, holding them hostage so boo fucking hoo.
