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For countries aiming to check Iran’s influence, there’s more than one approach to Syria: • Write off Damascus as hopelessly Iran-owned and oppose it, or • Co-invest in Damascus to diversify its base of support and reduce its reliance on Iran, strengthening an independent Syria.https://twitter.com/charles_lister/status/1060201457553686528 …
A more adversarial approach has left Arab backers of the opposition with little useful influence in Syria, an Arab country that is geographically central and politically crucial to the region, and whose fate is now being negotiated by Turks, Persians and Russians – non-Arabs.
Some of them are convinced they made a mistake in Iraq after 2003, allowing another pillar of the Arab order to be pulled into Iran’s orbit – a self-defeating error they’re uninterested in repeating.
Gosh, thanks I'd never thought of that.
How can someone be this stupid. He’s not even stupid, he knows what he’s doing.
he is not stupid, he understand whats going on very well
Has Iran’s influence in the region gone up or down post the onset of the Syrian war? Is a stable Syrian state positively or negatively correlated with Iran’s regional expansion?
Hard to materialize. After sending thousands of militants and millions in cash, ammo, and oil to Assad regime, Iran simply won't sit idle while this happens.
Being fair neither one is likely to work. The war is over and if you think giving them a few bill is going to make loyalists forget the legacy of the war you are mad. These things matter.
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