If trading in CW permits Assad's regime to survive, haven't they essentially served their deterring purpose?
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Replying to @YousefMunayyer
@YousefMunayyer Unclear. Bandar will continue w/his plan to overthrow Assad, but it will be more clearly aggression.1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel assad has found ways to handle insurgency, US military strikes a different story1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @YousefMunayyer
@YousefMunayyer Agree. And Bandar will continue to try to force latter. He'll also keep threatening to empower worst jihadists, I suspect1 reply 3 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel they wont give up on it, neither will iran.But Obama tied intervention to CW, hard to see him taking action if thats done with2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @YousefMunayyer
@YousefMunayyer Except they have confirmed their "covert" plan of regime change, McCain has gotten more public concessions.2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel i think Assad's backers will increase assistance in turn, fueling the grind and growing the death toll1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @YousefMunayyer
@YousefMunayyer Yup. That's where this is headed. Doesn't mean Assad has won yet.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel i think he has lost. he can never regain what he had. its a question of negotiating how much he will lose.1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes
@YousefMunayyer But I suspect the mishandling of this actually puts Assad in stronger position.
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