I notice a trend of “Syria on the verge of collapse” stories swirling everywhere in the last month.
It really has the feel of a propaganda storm designed to try to create a reality on the ground on behalf of ISIS,,,oops, I mean the moderate sunni Syrian opposition.
This doesn’t smell right,
We’ll probably agree that there are no good guys now in Syria. But the facts are that Assad is truly in real trouble. If he survives, it will be because Iran becomes even more involved in Syria with more troops and more money. Real estate is a one indicator of how a war is going. It’s going badly for Assad. Had he really turned on ISIS and al Qaeda instead of those not aligned with them he might have some chance. The chance he has now is very low. And like Putin (and Obama), he’s never figured out that the fate of his country is more important than his wealth and power.