IN THE SHADOW OF INSTEAD
- RT @rmslim: By far this is one of z best, if not z best analysis, of unfolding devepts in the Arab region penned by Yezid Sayigh http://t.co/zMW7oGUsKZ 09:52:10, 2014-08-29
- #prt among most interesting aspects the piece is brief alternative history asserted in 1st para on idea of US strike last year after Ghouta 09:59:59, 2014-08-29
- #pt it was the deep content of the Prez’s “conclusion” US “should” have struck Assad… he and we operate thoroughly in the “instead” of it 10:04:48, 2014-08-29
- #pt thus the difficulties of formulating “a strategy” re Syria: WE decided WE could not have one, foreclosed any attempt to implement one 10:09:20, 2014-08-29
QUESTION OF THE STATE
- @hxhassan proper objective is separation of Assad and Alawite self-interest 11:09:06, 2014-08-23
- @liberalfish maybe question is determining level of responsible intervention required to turn Assad into clear worse choice for Alawites 16:03:34, 2014-08-25
- @liberalfish also I didnt specify intervention against Assad – tho is perhaps implicit, as in yr initial tweet 16:10:09, 2014-08-25
- @liberalfish this actually gets at true contradiction re Syria imo 16:14:05, 2014-08-25
- @liberalfish IS is intolerable – Assad regime also intolerable from one perspective, but objectively tolerated/recognized as actual “state” 16:18:42, 2014-08-25
- @liberalfish a “responsible intervention” would be an intervention substantial enough actually to replace Assad-state with better state 16:19:30, 2014-08-25
- @liberalfish but that level of intervention not contemplated, except perhaps by Hof AFAIK – so are left with “irresponsible” options 16:20:44, 2014-08-25
- [tweet by @abumuqawama]There’s a reason we don’t yet have an ISIS strategy, and that’s because most strategies are regional/country-specific. 2014-08-29
- in part because intl and domestic law, including what we claim to uphold, is “country-specific” 12:56:44, 2014-08-29
