• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    Well he definitely contributed. He should also get credit if Syria turns into another failed state. One can hope it doesn’t.

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          18 days ago

          There’s no “so-called” about it. Plenty of Westphalian states are “authoritarian”, and most “democracies” aren’t actually democratic[1][2].

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            18 days ago

            It was not a comparison, just stated the obvious. Calling names for things doesn’t change them. Hence calling themselves democratic doesn’t make them one.

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        18 days ago

        Currently there’s a window of opportunity for transitioning to a functional state of some sort. I’m referring to either the potential future failure of that, or the potential failure to transition to a functional state.

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          Before this week, Syria had already for years been carved up by ISIS/HTS/Al-Qaeda, Turkey, US/Kurds, and Israel. The Assad government was already a diminished, rump state. Now the four frenemy victors will decide the fate of the ex-rump state.

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    18 days ago

    I mean this was a great move Assad regime was helping Iran move goods to Hezbollah and also to Yemen.