Syria: Who Is Fighting And Why -- The Timeline Since 2011

[ancianita]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Thank you for that. It's an enormously complex

and dangerous situation, and we can guarantee that the simple-minded orange oaf in the White House will make it much worse. "Who knew Syria would be so complicated?" he'll probably say.

[ancianita]

2. Haha... yes, he will say that!

[Dorn]

3. Syrian gas pipeline (planned 7/2011) is not mentioned

Kind of funny when it appears to be the cause of the entire Syrian conflict. Search for Syrian Gas Pipeline and read for yourself; Russia does not want a pipeline, the US and Arabia want a pipeline.

[ancianita]

4. What you claim makes geographical and logistical sense. Putin has other reasons.

[IronLionZion]

5. This is a very good explanation of the situation

thanks for posting this.

My opinion: US should stay out of it completely, accept some refugees (mostly children and women), and if we must support someone there it should be the Kurds. Every other faction and country in that region is welcome to go F themselves.

What a miserable mess

[Frequent Ranter]

6. More Important Question:

How are we reacting, and why?

[IronLionZion]

7. Answer

The worst way possible
Because Trump

[progree]

8. What bothers me is that when one side starts to lose, the losing side's bigger power backers

increase their support, thus keeping the conflict going forever. It just swings from one side to the other and back again endlessly.