Сирия-Турция
Репорт, говорят, появился, в котором инфа, что Турция вооружает оппозицию Сирии, так называемую "Освободительную сирийскую армия (Free Syrian Army (FSA)). Автор поста призывает к благоразумию, так как это может закончитьcz очень плохо. Да, США и в прошлом непрямо поддерживали повстанцев - контрас в Никарагуа, моджахеды в Афгане. Но Сирия это несколько другой случай - надо быть осторожными. Главный принцип - "не навреди". Подождем, но получается США смогли таки втянуть Турцию в сирийские дела. Даже думать не хочется, чем это может закончиться. В посте некоторые угрозы затронуты.
Хороший пост.
Arming Syria's rebels
The Duck of Minerva, 06 November 2011
This is a guest post from Idean Salehyan, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and the author of Rebels Without Borders: Transnational Insurgencies in World Politics (Cornell Univ. Press, 2009).
Reports have emerged that Turkey is supporting a group of military defectors from Syria, which have organized under the name, the ‘Free Syrian Army’ or FSA. Led by Riyad al-Asad, a former Colonel in Bashar Assad’s army, this group claims to have inflicted a series of impressive attacks against regime forces. Although the extent of Turkish involvement is still unclear, providing sanctuary to the FSA is seen by many as an attractive way to tighten the screws on an increasingly brutal and unpopular regime...
Хороший пост.
Arming Syria's rebels
The Duck of Minerva, 06 November 2011
This is a guest post from Idean Salehyan, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and the author of Rebels Without Borders: Transnational Insurgencies in World Politics (Cornell Univ. Press, 2009).
Reports have emerged that Turkey is supporting a group of military defectors from Syria, which have organized under the name, the ‘Free Syrian Army’ or FSA. Led by Riyad al-Asad, a former Colonel in Bashar Assad’s army, this group claims to have inflicted a series of impressive attacks against regime forces. Although the extent of Turkish involvement is still unclear, providing sanctuary to the FSA is seen by many as an attractive way to tighten the screws on an increasingly brutal and unpopular regime...