Syria: A Battle Lost Amid a Wider War (TheNewAtlas)

Syria's collapse is a loss for the Syrian people and their Iranian, Russian, and Chinese allies;

It is a reminder that while US military and industrial power wanes, it still possesses potent "superweapons" in terms of monopolizing information space, poisoning populations against their own best interests, and toppling nations;

The US strategy has been to create multiple crises for Russia along its periphery including in Syria, forcing Russia to make difficult decisions regarding where it commits limited resources;

The multipolar world must accept the reality that what is essentially World War 3 is ongoing and they will all eventually be targeted in turn;

Investment is required in securing and defending national and regional information space from US interference through the creation of local education programs producing journalists and analysts, local social media platforms to replace US-based platforms, and laws ending foreign funding of media inside targeted countries;



A good summary of what just happened. After years of stalemate, and economic stagnation, and a level of bribery, it appears that the secular forces in Syria folded in the face of this proxy army supported by Turkey and US intelligence networks. This looks looks like Libya 2.0. Hopefully the end result will not be the revisiting of the head chopping and persecutions of minority groups we saw the last time the country was (largely) overrun by these extremist groups. Can Turkey moderate what's going to unfold, or will the fighters here run off the leash? It all depends on what sort of command structure was organised to run this operation.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, December 8, 2024.]