Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It
by geezerjay on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:43PM
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> Nobody set out to cause a long-lasting, destructive conflict in Syria.
That's precisely the point. Nobody set out to cause long-lasting, destructive conflict in Iraq as well.
Furthermore, in Iraq there was a multinational coallition allocating hefty amounts of resourses to ensure a clean politically advantgeous outcome, while the war in Syria would be, according to that conspiracy theory, at best a covert operation leading to a drawn out conflict.
That's precisely the point. Nobody set out to cause long-lasting, destructive conflict in Iraq as well.
Furthermore, in Iraq there was a multinational coallition allocating hefty amounts of resourses to ensure a clean politically advantgeous outcome, while the war in Syria would be, according to that conspiracy theory, at best a covert operation leading to a drawn out conflict.