Posted on 02/05/2017 8:21:12 AM PST by Texas Fossil
“reserved, thorough”
desired projected image? possibly
Actual reality? NONE
Deir Ezzor
To the victor go the spoils.
So who is the victor?
No one "wins" a war, much less a combination civil and external war. Best benefit will come from those who survived this. That poses the question of who forms a government. The Kurds have so far done a fine job of quietly gaining support in each canton they liberated. Even those with majority Arab citizens. During the ISIS terror, even the Arabs went to the Kurds for protection. Rather than looking toward Assad. That tells you something.
Will the real Syrian army move in?
Yes, if ISIS is gone and they feel they can prevail. And Iran and Russia will influence that.
Raqqah is not part of Kurdistan- will the Kurds withdraw?
Kurds are already present. But again I think the consequence of the war will blur some old hatreds and I hope a moderate secular government is result. Of course Assad will not want that. It would be a threat to all the dictators in the Middle East. Imagine if it happened, a real secular state where all religions can be practiced. Real Revolutionary change. Will it happen? Nobody knows, the devil is in the details.
What about Turkey? Are they going to covertly support ISIS as a counter to the Kurds?
OK, Erdogan is facing an upcoming election. He has arrested huge numbers of people, silenced the press, jailed foreign critics of his dictatorship. Will he win in a rigged election? Probably. But then the issue is, What will the public do. Surely they will realize it. Could it be another Egypt? Probably not, there is no Sisi in the equation. (that I know about)
If the YPG Kurds get their autonomy are they still Syrians or are they Kurds first? Are the YPG Kurds going to continue to lead the “SDF” aka CIA army against Assad....
They have alwasy been Kurds First. I honestly don't know the answer. I do not think the trust level is very high at this point.
If Assad assents to their autonomy is he their enemy?
The aim of the Kurds is independence. I do not believe that Assad will allow even autonomy. But there is another issue. There are rumors that Assad has had a stroke, or that he was shot in the head and is trying to recover from that. At this point only rumors.
Turkey will be their enemy, so who will be their friend?
Who will be their friend? The Kurds have long said the only friend they have are the mountains. It is pretty true. But in reality, Israel is probably the most likely, which infuriates all the neighbors. Most of the Jewish Kurds have immigrated to Israel. Israel is very supportive of the Kurds. The Kurds have demonstrated they will allow Christians, Muslim, Zoroaster, Azidi and other religions. They are nationalists. I truly like them. Have spent a lot of time over the past 2 years talking on web to a number of them.
“Number 1 problem with Obama? He has always been on the wrong team. He serves the Wrong Master.”
Plus, obama always had to figure out before hand who to blame before he took any action.
Yes, because he is on the wrong team and always does the wrong thing.
So the only way to survive is prepare for failure with a lie. One hell of a way to live.
But it’s the ComDem Way. They MUST lie, if they did not lie, no one would ever vote for them. So they must continue to lie to stay in office.
And Lies cascade. They are always self exposing and always require another lie to avoid exposure of the Truth.
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“Truth: the most deadly weapon ever discovered by humanity. Capable of destroying entire perceptual sets, cultures, and realities. Outlawed by all governments everywhere. Possession is normally punishable by death.”— John Gilmore
The brothers are suspected of serious violations, including accessing members? computer networks without their knowledge and stealing equipment from Congress.
Jamal handled IT for Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who serves on both the intelligence and foreign affairs panels.
A lot of things are possible.
The interesting thing to come out of investigation of this will be, “who put them there?”
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