Comments on: Syria as Kashmir

By: Java Jag Morning

Java Jag Morning — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:33:29 +0000

Gideon, thanks for commenting. You are right the comparison is not exact in the aspects you mentioned. I just felt the Kashmir comparison was closer to home than Somalia.

By: Robert L Rodin

Robert L Rodin — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:46:22 +0000

With all due respect to gideon (below) – this post seems to be one of those rare and appropo contextualizations often missing from contemporary analysis of the situation in Syria. While there may be some minor quibbles with the legacy of French v British imperialism and occupation, the main thrust of this piece is to make normally invisible connections open to analysis and debate. In that the posting is a success. So to is the discussion of the (mostly) unseemly possible outcomes awaiting the Syrians, the middle east at large – including Israel – and the larger worldwide diplomatic challenges ahead… Well done

By: Herbert Kaine

Herbert Kaine — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:15:09 +0000

Black Africans did not commit the Holocaust. Europeans did, so the comparison to Europeans is not necessarily flattering.

By: Jim Hollander

Jim Hollander — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:59:35 +0000

A nice read astute comparisons

By: Jim Hollander

Jim Hollander — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:59:35 +0000

A nice read astute comparisons

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:49:44 +0000

What happened in Syria, since March 2011, came about only due to the protests in other Arab countries: Tunis, Lybia, Yemen, Bahrein and notably, Egypt (with which Syria was not so long a go, albeit briefly, one national entity). These protests were as legitimate as heroic in the first months. Then, gradually, the Jihadists took over, and it became a Sunni vs Shia internecine war with no happy end in sight. The Kashmir dispute was never about tyranny vs democracy, as it started in Syria. Furthermore, the imprint of French colonialism is very different from the British one, in many aspects. The British left behind democracies, the French didn't. That's why the Assad dynasty lasted for so long. The sinister role of Iran and Russia on the one hand, and the tampetring roles of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the other, can't sort this out without a role by Obama's USA and a proactive EU. That role isn't coming, hence the cri de coeur by Naser Danan and Louay Sakka.