Falcon29
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I am not so sure about that brother. Forget about outside influences for a second and allow me to draw a comparison to Palestine. The Palestinian people have been under occupation for ages while fighting against an adversary many times stronger. Not to mention that this adversary has much stronger allies backing it.
Logic should almost dictate that the Palestinian cause should be dead by now however it is well and alive despite tremendous hardships. Why is that? Because almost every single Palestinian believes in the same cause, an independent Palestine.
Palestinian cause is alive primarily due to the armed wing of Hamas. As well as other factions plus independent activists. If Hamas didn't exist, there would be no serious effort by the Palestinians as a collective whole to put the brakes on anything, and it would die out without people noticing. This is the role that Fatah is playing in the West Bank, it wants the cause to die out, and I don't trust their people. Hamas's armed wing has individuals who have the best intentions any human being could possibly have, they are sincere in all their efforts and want the best for their people, and will sacrifice a lot to keep our cause alive.
How does this relate to Syria? Well, the future is entirely in the hands of the Syrian people. If the Syrian people unites no outside influence, no matter how strong they are, would be able, on the long run, to prevent the will of the Syrian nation.
There won't be no unity but neither will there be any form of partition. Thanks to an unnecessary conflict, which nowadays the world uses as money machine, and playground to 'pull out some cards' or keep pressure against adversaries in the region, all at behalf of the Syrian people(whether Alawite or Sunni). Jordanian officials took much of the funding that is intended to go to the refugees, for personal benefit, and now blame those refugees for any economic price paid. Turkish administration also makes money for every refugee with EU deal's lately, and who knows how much money is being taken out for personal reasons. Arabs like it as it puts pressure on Iran. Iranians also benefit in a way, by being able to influence many more factors of life in regime controlled area and able to support economy.
So Syrians are expected to live through this for the decades ahead. Thanks to disgusting and heartless people. And I've lost any faith I've had in humanity due to such people, that unfortunately make up the majority.
Anyway I blame nobody but our own leaders for everything that is going on. They have the foremost responsibility for events and foreigners are just exposing that for their own gains. Hard to blame them in this brutal world where power is king. You cannot help people who do not want to help themselves.
I don't blame the leaders, I blame the people(not the majority but close), it's ultimately peoples fault. They are the ones who agree to corruption, dangerous endeavors for personal benefit. That being said, I have no suggestions, and don't wish any more harm than good on the region. Let the people choose what they want, and let the situation remain stable, to focus on economy and future outlook. What would help the people is having good intentions, simple values, like being honest, not using anyone or anything for personal benefit, seeing another person as your brother and not your tool/mercenary, etc....If Arabs can't adhere to these simple values, then they're doomed.
For Arabs, the founders of 3 of the 11 largest empires in history (more than any other ethnic group in the top 15), and the Arab world, home to the oldest and most significant ancient civilizations, the very birthplace of civilization, to fall this low as currently seen, is the fault of nobody but the current Arabs. I am sad to say this but it's really a disgrace. I blame those in power of course not the ordinary men and women who have no say. What is even more sad is that we are talking about a region and a people (just take a look at the size of our youth and how many gems who are solely waiting for the right environment to flourish in) with tremendous potential, enormous resources, amble land etc. Almost everything that we could wish for we have, yet look at the situation. A tragedy. I am not wise enough to answer what causes all this (some of the causes are obvious) but something seriously needs to be done otherwise I fear that things will just go more one negative to the other.
What is even more annoying is that far too many Arabs simply have stopped caring. Shows how bad the situation is.
Well I'd really like to know how past Arab leaders operated, I don't trust historical sources. They can't be as great as they were made out to be. I attribute their successes to other factors, such as social structure and general lifestyle at the time, made it easier to form society, and leaders had less responsibilities. That being said they also had more power. Today's leaders are enabled by the people. None of them really impress me, people liked Saddam for certain qualities, but on economy/development aspect he didn't deliver much. I like the visions of the young prince in Saudi Arabia, he appears to be genuine and enthusiastic. Nevertheless, he is solely looking out for his country. And I don't blame him, he probably is intimidated by other Arabs and the status quo, and is seeing the world through 'survival of fittest' lenses, and there is no reason to try being a 'hero' at this time.
Anyway I should really withdraw from following events in the region for some time, it seriously impacts you in almost only negative ways.
It doesn't impact me negatively, but I'd wished I'd seen the reality earlier, and dropped all my hopes. It was all one process, with sub processes, where I lost political enthusiasm/will and also began realizing what role religion really plays in society, and I began viewing it as man made for that reason...I don't know if I'd call myself an atheist yet, but I wish I had recognized the world as it is much earlier.
At this point, I kind of stopped caring, but also am developing feelings of disgust towards some people. Nevertheless, current events remain a big interest of mine.