Posted on 12/07/2024 11:34:43 PM PST by RandFan
By Fran Gardner (BBC Security correspondent)
When the celebratory gunfire subsides, and the prisons and torture chambers of Assad’s brutal, kleptocratic regime are emptied, Syria will find itself at a crossroads.
This could now go either way.
If Abu Mohammed Al-Jawlani, the leader of HTS, the main victorious rebel group, is true to his word, then there is a chance for this country to transition to a more pluralistic, democratic future, supported by the UN and others.
But HTS, and some of its fellow travellers, have a violent past, rife with allegations of human rights abuses. It is a proscribed terrorist organisation by the UN and several governments.
Already al-Qaeda is urging the rebels to now turn on ‘Jews and Crusaders’ (their term for all Christians).
Syria has many minorities, and those who are not Sunni Muslims, as the rebels are, have good reason to fear for their future.
Although there are some encouraging early signs that a transition of power can be managed, there remains a serious risk that Syria could go the way of Libya and descend into a years-long morass of competing armed factions, looting, and mayhem.
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>> justifying our basing soldiers there
... which reminds me to ask: what happened to the Americans “in country” in Syria right now?
They are surrounded by multiple groups fighting each other while at the same time joining forces to attack Americans.
Just my opinion, all the groups we are funding will eventually turn on us and attack any troops we have there.
“Now the “rebels” have an entire country and all its resources to turn on their enemies in Israel and the West.”
They will go after Russia next. Easier to get to and the Muslim populations in southern Russia couple also rise up.
We need to keep in mind that this Islamist uprising is part of creating a global Islamist caliphate. At this point they will consolidate and then take more land. Next up in the fight are going to be the Kurds, the goal being to take control of the Syria/Turkey boarder region.
I do not know how to do it, but can someone post a map of the region?
Heckuva job Erdogen and Nuland.
Islam is a religion, a way of life, and a plan for world conquest.
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