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The End of Syria – Larry Wilkerson (DCC64)
🕑 Added 2024-12-12 19:39:00 +0000 UTCTo discuss the cataclysmic fall of the Syrian government, we are joined again by Lawrence Wilkerson. He is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Image credit: AFP (via The Cradle)
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music
Comments
Lance Dorsey
More coming out about Syria, from Alister Crook: https://www.youtube.com/live/LV-RWDCLDSM?si=4jKAfaXR66Kzv6Dy
JB
https://mahendrarajah.com/2024/12/15/irans-assad-calculus-actual-costs-of-support-vs-benefits-to-iran/ This one makes a lot of sense to me. Iran and Russia both have lots of very smart planners and intelligence analysts who must have seen this coming, maybe not the sudden collapse but surely a situation where they had to get out of Syria in a hurry. Meanwhile, having another 5 billion dollars to spend on Hezbollah, Iraq, or Yemen could do a lot. Plus it should help focus some minds in Moscow and Beijing on the stakes involved.
JB
Justin Podur and Joe Emersberger out together a good refutation of the purported crimes of the Assad government. https://justinpodur.substack.com/p/evaluating-bashar-al-assads-human?r=b7hqh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
