The Syrian war?
Another attention booster! Whenever this topic races through my head I ponder over the contrast between opinions of those that place state the center and those that characterise the war as being proxy. Nevertheless I ll give my piece of mind although it tilts towards an institutional point of view.
Russia invaded Afghanistan but the Middle East begins to sing their praises when it comes to tackling western democracies that seem to eavesdrop in Syrian affairs. The United States interfered in Vietnamese and Libyan affairs yet Libya is not Vietnam. One still calling it a kind of proxy war or an extension of the Cold War needs to put at the back of his mind the existence of limits in international relations and diplomacy.I have brought the issue of the so called proxy actors here first because it seems to be the path most observers follow, forgetting that these States are just entities that govern according to the rules of the departments that organize them. They rule by the rules. They promote their own interests. The button under the North Korean leader's desk can testify.
Now let's go the Syrian way. I see Bashar Al Assad as one who burns all bridges inadvertently now. I d term it "playing economics on politics" when it's supposed to be the other way round, at least for the survival of a dictator.My opinion is that things have changed drastically but his dispositions towards the unrest seem to make a double standard appeal,hence the thoughts of a Cold War extension. Syria will be fine as I believe the war is just a mild and misleading reflection of what exactly goes on inside. Assad is really desperate and this has continued to frustrate his ploy and that of the rebels.
What exactly do I think about the war? A manifestation of the slow adoption of changes in reaction to public policy. I also see it as a 21st century pioneer of the trend "winner takes all even when it means total wreakage" as we can see in Libya. Syrian internal politics unfortunately needs a turn but how sturdy is it to withstand the contrast between the ongoing trouble of public and foreign policy.
Bashar Al Assad. You ve got work to do!