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Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:19 AM

leveymg (26,366 posts)

12. The current round of Shia-Sunni conflict is an extension of the 76-82 "long war of terror"

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also called the "long campaign of terror."

In that one, the Assad (Sr.) regime won after about 80,000 casualties on both sides, and the destruction of Hama, the Sunni bastion. Religious civil wars take (at least) two sides, and usually go back generations. They are very difficult to stop, and often end up with "ethnic cleansing" and genocide.

In this round, both sides are guilty of atrocities - but, the Obama Administration has taken sides and is now admittedly to be working with the Saudis to help the Sunnis prevail in what is essentially a religious war. That is not in the interests of the US, and that is what I object to.

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
Syria premier defects to anti-Assad opposition: spokesman [View all]	muriel_volestrangler	Aug 2012	OP
Syria PM Riad Hijab defects to Jordan	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#1
Wow	oberliner	Aug 2012	#2
It tells me that last vestiges of the secular state are crumbling, and that this is now full Jihad	leveymg	Aug 2012	#3
So opposing dictatorship=genocide.	geek tragedy	Aug 2012	#4
Genocide is the foreseeable outcome of religious civil war in Syria. To some, the outcome is	leveymg	Aug 2012	#5
You equate opposition to the dictator to support for genocide.	geek tragedy	Aug 2012	#6
I do not equate opposition. I equate coordinating arms shipments and jihadi fighters	leveymg	Aug 2012	#8
He was deprecating policy, not attacking personally.	Bernardo de La Paz	Aug 2012	#15
"pimping Assad" - that's personal.	leveymg	Aug 2012	#16
Doesn't it mean that Syrians are now moving towards freedom from dictatorship?	oberliner	Aug 2012	#7
It's moving towards a Sunni dictatorship that replaces a Shi'ia one. Not freedom.	leveymg	Aug 2012	#9
Why do you think it will lead to another dictatorship?	oberliner	Aug 2012	#11
It is most likely to lead to a break up of Syria into separate, warring states	leveymg	Aug 2012	#13
That sounds awful	oberliner	Aug 2012	#18
Do you have a link to an article about the history	UnrepentantLiberal	Aug 2012	#17
Here's more on the 76-82 Sunni uprising and "long campaign of terror" in Syria	leveymg	Aug 2012	#19
Full jihad (full civil war) was a predictable last stage when Assad started to repress peaceful	pampango	Aug 2012	#10
The current round of Shia-Sunni conflict is an extension of the 76-82 "long war of terror"	leveymg	Aug 2012	#12
astonishing.	grantcart	Aug 2012	#14

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