I'm interested and hopeful in how Syria develops.
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Necessary if you're out to build a stable state instead of being a cool guy doing anarchy I guess.
Maybe not the wisest decision when Israeli ministers are saying "you're next, Syria" and you might want some decentralized forces.
Well the new Syrian Army is effectively decentralized for now given it was only recently created.
Maybe not the wisest decision when Israeli ministers are saying “you’re next, Syria” and you might want some decentralized forces.
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If the Zionist entity attacks, those mercenaries would be on their side. In fact, they asked, practically screamed, for Zionist help when they were collapsing last year. And that was all done in the open. But unfortunately for them, their mercenary luck was out, since they had no place in the new arrangements and plans for the region (unless they go to fight in Iran of course, which was where everyone thought their Qandil-origin PKK leaders were going, but it's not clear yet whether that's going to materialize).
That's a very funny sanitized (I believe what the kids call it) westoid "version of events".
Kurdish-led Syrian
Non-"Kurds" left. And the PKK "ideological" fighters are not Syrian. Many Syrian Kurds are not ideologically PKK-aligned. Many of them would in fact be annoyed with the current heads in Demascus because they are not Muslim enough (anymore), not because they are not PKK enough.
at the forefront of the battle against the Islamic State jihadist group
Everyone fought ISIS, and the only ones who fared well without aerial cover were actually other jihadists.
The YPG couldn't even compete against ragtag mercenaries propped up by Turkey, because the aerial cover this time was supporting the other side.
And it's those ragtag mercenaries the YPG was skirmishing with for years before 2024, while having an underground economy with them and everyone else (where crystal meth transcended supposed battle lines).
After being Syria’s most highly trained and organized paramilitary force
Is that why this mercenary force with pretend yet confused marxist ethno-nationalist zionist-loving one-man ideology lost more than half of their territory in 48h? 🤣
the SDF was promptly dropped by Washington
It was promptly dropped by the Arab part of their mercenary organization too, hence the 48h collapse mentioned above.