Increasingly likely that Damascus falls this weekend, ending 13 years of war in Syria. Nothing Ever Happens crowd in total shambles… - ThreadSky

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cruickshank.bsky.social • 84 days ago

Increasingly likely that Damascus falls this weekend, ending 13 years of war in Syria.

Nothing Ever Happens crowd in total shambles…

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mrriddle0.bsky.social•83 days ago

This won't end the fighting, it just means one less side is involved.

bbones47.bsky.social•83 days ago

Wars never seem to end in this part of the world. At least the Russians got a well deserved thumping.

williameburns.bsky.social•83 days ago

We hope it ends the war, whether it will is another question.

sidsrivatsan.bsky.social•83 days ago

Does anyone have a historical parallel for this? Struggling to think of one

aww-yiss.bsky.social•83 days ago

A foreign empire stops propping up an unpopular dictator, so his army dissolves after a sneeze?

That had happened a few times I think

cruickshank.bsky.social•83 days ago

South Vietnam, Afghanistan (Soviet), Afghanistan (American), 'Rhodesia' (South Africa), Iraq 2014 (American), just to name a few.

bluearrowsneo.bsky.social•83 days ago

Well tbf America succeeded in stabilising Iraq in the end, unlike the other ones

yuppieabroad.bsky.social•84 days ago

They warned us. They warned us Kursk. They warned us in Aleppo. They warned us in Hama. We didn't listen. We said nothing would ever happen and we didn't listen.

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