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Zorro

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7. Interesting question
Sat May 11, 2013, 12:03 PM
May 2013

Certainly some would welcome it, since it would bring an end to the current civil war.

But then there's the question about what Turkey's post-conflict role would be, with the different religious and political factions attempting to control the country.

Hostility towards Turkey might then become manifest if the Turks remained in Syria as a peacekeeping force, since Syria was under the domination of the Ottomans for centuries. People in the region have long memories.

What might end up is a political partitioning of Syria (much like post-WWII Germany), with the Turks in charge of the region around their border, the Jordanians in the south, a coalition of other Arab military forces in the east, and an international coalition along the Lebanese/Israeli border.

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