NYT: Fear of Civil War Mounts in Syria as Crisis Deepens

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Since you are serious about this

we did a lot of background for an article on something somewhat connected to this.

We are heading to civil war... that is the happy scenario.

Qatar has called for Arab troops in country (Regional War)

And if you really want to go full monty... the Russians have a light battle group in the Eastern Med, and we have a battlegroup in the Eastern Med.

Oh and let's not add the Iranians to the mix, or hizbullah. Trust me, head hurts.

But I expect scary news and fancy graphics on CNN any day now.

I asked a serious question on Meta on Israel, since they will be involved, no way around it... 1 million refugees plus, estimated to come, right now by serious publications, such as Foreign Policy, but got a very unserious answer, so will ask my editor for a chance to do an analysis blog once this falls of the rails, not when. Suffice it to say I was all but surprised by the unserious answers.

I might add, what do you want to know about Syria? 1919, the year that messed up the ME.