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Who in the Syrian National Coalition will be seated in Syrian Government after Assad is gone? (Original Post) DhhD Sep 2013 OP
That assumes facts not in evidence. Speculate all you want. leveymg Sep 2013 #1
Well, it's pretty clear that that group SNC has very little control over the insurgents. David__77 Sep 2013 #2
Even in Libya, the Eastern and central inland parts of the country are not under gov't control leveymg Sep 2013 #3
Did the US arm the SNC after the Syrian Spring broke out? DhhD Sep 2013 #4

David__77

(23,421 posts)
2. Well, it's pretty clear that that group SNC has very little control over the insurgents.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 12:05 PM
Sep 2013

It is absolutely nothing like Libya, where you had a discrete chunk of the old government split off/defect and establish pretty effective control over insurgency. So I think the fiefdoms would be much more likely in the event that the existing state were somehow crushed.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
3. Even in Libya, the Eastern and central inland parts of the country are not under gov't control
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 12:31 PM
Sep 2013

Outside of Tripoli and a western coastal city, the place is run by a bunch of feuding militias. The oil companies run the rest.

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