tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273076348938263308.post4827056975567483120..comments2023-10-24T02:31:18.905-07:00Comments on insufficient respect: What broke the Syrian revolution?Michael Neumannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558892758943318577noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273076348938263308.post-37813578777198841782018-07-11T10:59:53.470-07:002018-07-11T10:59:53.470-07:00Michael, Good observations. Don't you think th...Michael, Good observations. Don't you think that there were plenty of signs that the US was never going to be the lead backer up the rebels? Already by year 1, people were saying that Hilary Clinton refused to meet with the SNC and opposition because she was fed up with their squabbling and inability to unite. The Supreme Military Council that was put together by the SNC and foreign powers in Qatar was ineffective and never had any control over the many FSA militias that he claimed to represent. Brigadier General Salim Idris as Chief of Staff was particularly incompetent, but he was replaced by a series of commanders who were all very short lived. The US never trusted the representatives with whom it was supposed to entrust hundreds of millions of dollars. Joshua Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535704115505805784noreply@blogger.com