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| Commentary: Is Syria 2011 Spain 1936? by Arnaud De Borchgrave |
| 2012-03-08 |
| Posted by:Water Modem |
| #2 The answer to the question is no. But there are interesting parallels. The Spanish civil-war was a proxy war fought by the leading nations of the world. It was a World War fought in a fish bowl. All the leading nations of the world (let's call this the G8, China and India) have taken a pass on the Syrian civil-war. So, in their place the leaders of the region are stepping in to fight their proxy war in the Syrian fishbowl. I suppose someone could say that the Spanish civil war was a regional proxy for Europeans, just as the Syrian civil-war will be a regional proxy for the middle-eastern countries. But in the thirties Europe was so much more powerful than everywhere else it is absurd to compare the relative importance of Europe in the 1930s to the middle east of today. So such an argument is simply absurd. But it further seems to me that the countries fighting this proxy war are so weak vis-a-vis the leading nations of the world that whatever they do would easily be overturned by any one of the leaders as soon as it became important. Thus the Syrian civil-war is a regional battle between regional powers that is of little importance to any leading nation or any nation outside the region. It is analogous to the recent regional wars in Congo, Sudan, and Cambodia. It will not be important nor long remembered, except as an example of man's inhumanity to man. |
| Posted by: rammer 2012-03-08 19:19 |
| #1 I would say Iraq served that purpose. Iran paid no price for involvement and felt encouraged to continue their attempts at intimidation and hegemony. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2012-03-08 10:16 |