In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA

Re:In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those arme... by cm2187 on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @06:38AM (#11380571)

I am not extremely familiar with North Korea but my understanding is that there would be an obvious and peaceful political solution if we overthrow the current regime. The country would reunite with South Korea, a bit like East and West Germany.

What we are dealing with in the middle-east are dictatorships that keep a lead on ethnic tensions, very much like in Yugoslavia. I would expect that any diplomat would have predicted tensions between Sunni and Shia in Iraq. Exactly like similar tensions exist in Saudi Arabia and will most likely blow up if the regime becomes unstable.

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Re:In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those arme... by golergka on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @07:26AM (#11380701)

> obvious and peaceful political solution if we overthrow the current regime

Well, there's just one small issue: people. Have you met them? Do you honestly think that inhabitants of North in South Korea actually want to live together as one country? That southerners want their first-world economy to support the shit-poor north for several decades? That northerners want all their lifestyle and ideals that they have been taught from the crib, destroyed? That these people are ready to trust each other in general? Hell, even northerners who defect and run to the South encounter a lot of hostility — can you imagine what the shitstorm happen when millions of them will cross the border in search of better life?

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Re:In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those arme... by jacobush on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @06:54AM (#11380620)

And to alleviate and diminish these tensions the US civil administrator in Iraq decided the best way forward was to fire 800 000 military (mostly sunni) men and remove their only lively hood. Can't see anything going wrong with that move.

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