THE VALUE OF SYRIA IN THE “NEW GREAT GAME”

What’s left out when the US talks about Syria is that it is in a key position for exporting natural gas. Adding weapons to the region makes it explosive.

We know that the Syrian people have suffered terribly from the violence that has erupted. Undeniably many factors are involved. But are we in the West to believe that the people need to be rescued by us so that they, too, can come to enjoy the democratic rights that U.S. citizens appear to have less and less of every day? Or is something else going on there?

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