That Assad’s government is on its last legs has always been something of a myth. YouTube videos of victorious rebel fighters capturing military outposts and seizing government munitions distract attention from the fact that the war is entering its third year and the insurgents have succeeded in capturing just one of the 14 provincial capitals. (In Libya the insurgents held Benghazi and the whole of the east as well as Misrata and smaller towns in the west from the beginning of the revolt.) counterpunch.org/2013/05/31/how-syria-became-a-more-dangerous-quagmire-than-iraq/
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:23:48 +0000
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