if an increasingly sectarian Syria splinters between the ruling Alawites
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… population. Four decades in power is not a long time, and vengeance is a powerful force in this part of the world. The Alawites understand that they face an existential crisis, and if they allow their grip over the Baath-dominated political system - and most importantly the mili...
…me to fruition whether we go in or don’t go in, therefore we should go in and impact the outcome. Reach out to KSA and Alawites. Don’t dither over analysis. Zalikow. Arms assistance can be had elsewhere. More interesting is to supply things that we are uniquely able to suppl...
…ome to fruition whether we go in or don’t go in, therefore we should go in and impact the outcome. Reach out to KSA and Alawites. Don’t dither over analysis. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025804
…nical power plays. Many Sunni Muslims in Syria and throughout the region feel that Assad's Syria has unduly favored the Alawites, a sect of Shiite Islam, who constitute some 12 percent of the population but control a vastly greater percentage of the country's wealth. Open conflic...