The chemical attack in Douma was horrific. But western military intervention would only prolong Syria’s sufferingThe only option now open to the west in Syria is whether or not to make it worse. No amount of grandstanding,feelgood rhetoric or intermittent bombing is going to impede the Assad regime’s path to victory in its civil war. It must now be obvious that every ounce of aid given by the west to the Syrian opposition since 2011 has just prolonged that country’s agony. Seven years ago, western intelligence and the western media declared that Bashar al-Assad was approximately to topple. That was wrong. Since then, and half-hearted intervention has been worse than no intervention at all. external meddling in the Middle East’s civil wars has never been productive,except of death and destruction. Related: ‘Most of them were going to die’: Syria aid workers narrate of apocalyptic scenes Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk