China in recent days has called for Assad to stop the killing. It is well-known that Syria is supported by Russia, Iran and China. Syria is Russia's last outpost in the area. However, the docking of the Russian ships in Syria is meaningless as these vessels amount to nothing more than rusty buckets. Russia has stated in the last few days, that if intervention was spear-headed by the Arab League, it could do nothing to stop it. Hence this is far from a proxy war between the big powers.
The US is well aware of the dangers of what is happening in Syria, and had hoped that the Arab League could bring about a resolution. Possibly, the Syrians can resolve this conflict themselves, because the defectors from the Syrian army are highly trained and competent. There are some differences between the factions in the Syrian opposition. See video below, which further underscores the unlikelihood of this being a big powers proxy war.
Finally, those who posted here in the Libyan conflict did not do so in a "breathless" fashion, but merely shared information about the conflict, inspired in most part by Mo Nabbous. There is no desire to do a repeat because of some of the crap that was directed at the posters. Although I post informational articles on the Syrian issue, I converse with others about ME issues on AJE.
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