Wednesday, December 05, 2012

The new Syria: with Saudi Arabia and Qatar as midwives

""Syrians in the opposition, whether armed or not, have often said that there may be a revolution after the revolution to unseat Assad. The fault lines differ depending on whom you talk to. Some envision a fight between Islamist and secular rebels; others between defectors and armed civilians; some say it will be ethnic, between Kurds and Arabs; others simply territorial, between rebel commanders in a particular area, irrespective of ideology. Others say it won't happen. The Sniper, like many fighting men, thinks that it will, and that it will be ugly: "We will not become Somalia after Bashar falls," he says. "We will have many Somalias in every province."""