Syria has become a proxy battle ground for Sunni dominated states in the region and Shiites ones particularly Iran. The Saudis and the ? want to see a Sunni dominated Damascus, the Saudis have been supporting anti-assad group or
many years. Behind that of course you have the United States and most western countries supporting Saudi Arabia and revolutionary forces
to overthrow the Assad regime and in the end they see this as a weakening of Iran and a blow to Iranian influence on the region.
The great forces of Syrian history are fueling the bitter war
East vs west, Sunni vs Alawite, secularism vs religion, democracy vs authoritarianism.
The threats running through this conflict means there is no simple solution.
All Syrians are now asking what the future holds for their country.
The great fair today is that Syria will break up, fragment, will be divided.
Sums the Syrian situation very well.
I would say it is not Syrian history that is fueling the whole, it is the whole Sunni Vs Shiite and the history of the middle east that is fueling the conflict.
If Assad was removed from power it will send Syria into another a second cycle of civil war consisting of Sunni VS Shiite, Sunni VS Sunni, Shiite vs Shiite, which will drag other middle eastern countries in.
This is why I am currently in support of Assad remaining in power and a workable solution implemented.
The domino effects are wide and far reaching.
One must understand the history if the middle east to understand these domino effect.
These range from when the Ottaman Empire broke up and the western creation of certain middle eastern state and how they have affected the middle east, the creation of Israel and the displacements of the Palestinians, the Lebanese civil war, Israel, Gaza strip, West Bank, Hamas, Hezbollah, Jordan/Trans-Jordan, the Iran revolution of 1979, the history of Islam/Muslim in fighting, The Crusades, Muslim Brotherhood, Russia and the Afghanistan and etc.
(You can search these keywords and wikipedia at your own leisure)
I am at a lost why some western governments would risk these scenarios.
I agree there is are no easy solutions.
Only way out is a full blown conflict sometime in the future between the middle eastern countries.
Some Sunnis and Shiites want to make their religion the dominant global religion.
No thank you, that is what I say to it.
Assad in my opinion is not really holding into power, but doing what he can to protect his people, I am giving him the benefit of the doubt and crossing my fingers at the same time.
Militant elements in the rebels camps, I strongly suspect of shit stirring as nasty tactics to get a foothold on Syria.
No thank you, is what I say to this also.
