Why doesn’t the Arab League send troops of its own? This is an Arab fight isn’t it? Why involve infidels?
moozulms killing moozlums. Just what is the problem?
The Arab League seeks an international imprimatur on the intervention; member states of the A.L. don’t have large standing armies, and those which have decent-sized ones don’t necessarily have very good ones. The Syrian army, for all its failings, probably is best in the Arab world, with Jordan second only due to the equipment available to the Syrians. Of course, we should reflect on the 1973 Arab War on Israel, and how despite all the advantages the Syrians enjoyed, they still lost nearly 1000 tanks.