Europe's migrant problem

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

What I don't comprehend is why the EU doesnot freeze the assets of the Syrian state to pay for the mass exodus and issue a war crimes warrant against any and all parties. I notice none of refugees are headed for Russia which supports...or has supported the Assad regime; PUTIN' an unfair economic strain on Europe!. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%27s_role_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11845635/Vladimir-Putin-confirms-Russian-military-involvement-in-Syrias-civil-war.html what's new pussycat?

Yep, I don't think getting Assad out has much to do with him being the boogyman. I'd wager it has more to with further reducing Russias influence in the region.

200,000 dead and 11 millions refugees later and Assad is still there. If he goes that will leave all rebel groups including ISIS fighting each other for the throne increasing the death and refugee rosters. Power to the people!

[Onkel Neal]

[Betonov]

one thing I dont' get, Syria was 5 years ago a developed Mediteranean country with GDP larger than Slovenia. How does Assad go from running a successefull nation to being moronic enough that a civil war starts

[Betonov]

So right now our best shot of stopping this mess are the Russians which will keep Assad on the throne which is counter productive to solving this mess

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Betonov

So right now our best shot of stopping this mess are the Russians which will keep Assad on the throne which is counter productive to solving this mess

Actually I think a Russian invasion would be the only thing to stop the madness in the short term and should be seen as salvation. But our own politicians would start crying again and put up sanctions and whatnot....
I have a very unpopular opinion here in Germany and that is to support Assad. Not because he's a nice guy, he actually is a mass murderer that should be drowned in pig feces but I think all alternatives to him are even worse for Syria and the rest of the world. So I would actually welcome Russian action in Syria.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Aye, he probably is the lesser of two evils there. It would be nice if a new government could be formed, but I think the time for that has long passed and Assad is the only viable option.
I don't think Russia would go all in though, their supply lines would be difficult to maintain without getting the nod from Turkey. So they'll just do what they normally do, unleash the 'little green men' at them.

According to some Danish expert a Russian intervention will get the situation even worse than it already is and it could destablize the region

This was some of the thing he said, when the journalist asked him about the rumours* about Russian forces fighting for Assad.

Markus

* Putin has confirmed there are Russian soldiers in Syria. Therefor it isn't a rumour anymore

[ikalugin]

The lesser of two evills for you. We have learned in Afghanistan the hard way what it takes to build a government that holds until supplies run out with external opposition (and there is external opposition to Assad regime).

We are not doing it again, as in medium term we would be stuck in Central Asia and Ukraine if nowhere else.

[eddie]

I don't suppose the great Arab Spring had anything to do with it. I mean it worked so well every where else in the ME!