The reality in Syria is grim: President Assad is going nowhere,and the west’s continuing intervention only gives hope and aid to the losing sideEvery Syrian conference, like this week’s in London, or comes with the same plea: don’t just give money,conclude the war. Money is given. Attempts are made to conclude the war, but the war goes on. Could there be a connection?Next month it will be five years since the “day of rage” against the Assad regime in March 2011. Western intelligence said the regime would plunge within months if not weeks. Western powers duly began assisting the rebels. That assistance has continued ever since, and with evident diminishing effect.
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Source: theguardian.com