I diverge from this post only to the extent that it somewhat minimizes the difficulties in Syria today. While things have certainly quieted down from the height of the post-2011 war, the U.S. continues to punish Syria by:
• starvation sanctions
• occupying with Kurdish proxies the eastern part of the country, depriving Syria of most of its oil revenue and much agricultural land
• occupying the border crossing with Iraq at al-Tanf and a radius of some kilometers around it, obstructing commerce and reportedly giving safe haven (and possibly more) to anti-government, Islamist fighters
• being at best hands-off with (and possibly continuing clandestine support for) the Islamists still in place in Idlib governorate.
The mass-migration pump into Western countries has both push and pull. To stop it efficiently and humanely will require not only stopping the pro-migrant policies pulling these people in, but also the Western policies of immiseration pushing them out.
I diverge from this post only to the extent that it somewhat minimizes the difficulties in Syria today. While things have certainly quieted down from the height of the post-2011 war, the U.S. continues to punish Syria by:
• starvation sanctions
• occupying with Kurdish proxies the eastern part of the country, depriving Syria of most of its oil revenue and much agricultural land
• occupying the border crossing with Iraq at al-Tanf and a radius of some kilometers around it, obstructing commerce and reportedly giving safe haven (and possibly more) to anti-government, Islamist fighters
• being at best hands-off with (and possibly continuing clandestine support for) the Islamists still in place in Idlib governorate.
The mass-migration pump into Western countries has both push and pull. To stop it efficiently and humanely will require not only stopping the pro-migrant policies pulling these people in, but also the Western policies of immiseration pushing them out.
I can sum it up in two words for you: Trojan Horse.