Syria: a civil war (closed)

[Dayuhan]

I would assume the idea is to avoid a repeat of Bremer’s De-Ba'athification program.

I would assume so, and also that the comments are meant to encourage further defections... "jump ship now and have a place waiting in the New Syrian Army".

Seems like apples and oranges to me, though, as that pogrom came before rather than after sectarian strife.

Also because Bremer was actually running Iraq at the time. I personally hope that the post-Assad order in Syria will be shaped by Syrians, not foreigners and certainly not Americans.