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FarCenter

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7. Yes and no

Reply to whttevrr (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:07 AM

Aug 2013

It is basically a Sunni religious war to defeat the Shiite Alawites.

However, the Alawites have tended to rule in a reasonably secular fashion, and to not impose their religion on the others, which include the Sunni muslim majority and several other minorities. The religious minorities include the Alawites, the Christians, Druze, and a few others.

Were the Sunni Islamists to win, the most likely outcome is the murder and persecution of the other minorities, especially the Alawites.

Backing the Sunnis is a good idea only if you favor an islamic theocratic state in Syria.

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A question about Syria: Is this a religious civil war? [View all] whttevrr Aug 2013 OP

It's a religious war for some, revolution for others, and proxy war for others. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #1

yes and no. There are so many rebel groups representing so many different things. stevenleser Aug 2013 #2

In considering this... whttevrr Aug 2013 #8

I would go further and say let's not be the ones to deal with this at all... stevenleser Aug 2013 #9

Yeah... responded there as well. whttevrr Aug 2013 #12

Not particularly, except where it is Recursion Aug 2013 #3

I think you're asking questions that need to be asked and answered before MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #4

please stop with this simplistic nonsense and demonization cali Aug 2013 #11

The hell it does. MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #15

the hell what does, mother? cali Aug 2013 #16

ANY squabble in that part of the world has religious overtones. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #5

In large part, yes. cali Aug 2013 #6

Yes and no FarCenter Aug 2013 #7

It's an f-ed up quagmire is what it is. dawg Aug 2013 #10

Which civilians are helped by us sending cruise missiles into the country to explode? whttevrr Aug 2013 #13

Would there even be a conflict in Syria now, if we have not invaded Iraq? RC Aug 2013 #14

perhaps the question, then isn't whether it's "a religious war" but more "what are the religious MisterP Aug 2013 #17