Comment on They say the situation is… by Jim Monaghan

“and any government that emerges in Libya will be permanently indebted to the West and more compliant than Gadaff”
The idea that whatever government that emerges in Syria or anywhere else will consider that they owe anyone is a big assumption.For example many USA rightwingers think it is a strategic mistake to back the Saudi parasites.The debate in the EU is precisely about that. Who to back if anyone? Who will emerge on top. Across the political spectrum is a lot of confusion. I recall in Russia an obscure tendency led by an exile came out on top.
More seriously as the war progresses it gets worse. And the element of vengeance grows. Majority rule has it’s problems.Before this the Christians of the Middle East were fleeing anyway.I can see a regional war. Shia versus Sunni. Kurds looking for freedom. The small minorities getting the worst deal. Who would want to be a Copt in Egypt. An Alawite in a new Syria, a Sunni in Shia Iraq. Look at an ethnic and religious map of the area and it is disheartening.The failure of the secular left Communists and even the Baath in it’s ear;ly days and it’s replacement by religious based parties does not look good.
A carnival of reaction on a grand scale. The left does not really know who to back and neither does the right.
A peace conference and and outcome that avoids massacres and gives rights to minorities is the best outcome.