They are not wrong (this is why Nasim Talib is so vociferously pro-Asad), but neither are Sunnis who know Asad has killed nd will kill 1000s https://twitter.com/razibkhan/status/851289951991812096 …
Would like blog posts/references on this (if not books), pre-civil war.
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Dont know abt books, but lots of articles abt Asad regime and their chamber of horrors. Still, Syria was better than it is now. Point is,..
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They too played a big role in bringing it to this horrible point. With Islamist tide, minorities R in trouble, no question, By now, shit fan
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Right but no war/carnage if no Saudi/Qatar push with US/Israeli help. Both sides always at fault but one far more than other.
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Bottom line. Islamicate core is one big mess. Muslims of Pakistan, BD, Indonesia IN THEORY cud still stay out of shitstorm, but they..
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(well some of them) want to go INTO it instead of moving away. Pak leaning in, BD trying to lean out, Indonesia, who knows?
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OTOH, Saudi Arabia, w new more open alliance w Israel, interesting position. My "practical" (MBA type) friends say money and harshness fix..
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i.e. they think we overestimate role of ideology. Money, mercenaries, modern organization, will fix much they think. I guess we will see..
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Janine di Giovanni’s “The Morning They Came for Us” is a good one. Also see reports/articles by HRW, AI, BBC et al. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Morning-They-Came-Us-Dispatches/dp/1408868296 …
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