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It's a humanitarian crisis, and Ilsa Aug 2016 #1
Who does? I don't believe the U.S. government knows where it is regarding Syria. cali Aug 2016 #5
the U.S. gov knows... Javaman Aug 2016 #20
bomb and avoid appears to be the strategy nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #7
over there SheriffBob Aug 2016 #2
Syria is the worst case scenario for a civil war. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #3
It's so difficult to grapple with that. But I agree. There isn't. cali Aug 2016 #4
there's only one solution, and no one is talking about it--partition geek tragedy Aug 2016 #6
But how? That seems to be unlikely to happen without an even more enormous toll. cali Aug 2016 #8
cease fire, followed by a bit of haggling over who controls what territory geek tragedy Aug 2016 #9
A cease fire seems like a fantasy- at least now and over the past year or so. cali Aug 2016 #12
was being ironic when talking about how well the Libyans have things geek tragedy Aug 2016 #14
ah, my apologies for missing that. duh for me. cali Aug 2016 #15
no prob nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #16
I am still utterly amazed that, a few short years after the lesson of Iraq, Vattel Aug 2016 #19
I'm not sure I agree about partitioning. Ilsa Aug 2016 #10
because Leviathan is dead nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #11
Our own civil war... Blanks Aug 2016 #13
I don't think partition would help; the divisions aren't really regional muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #17
a redrawn map with physical boundaries really is the only option though. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #18
Syria was stable until there were protests. Igel Aug 2016 #21
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