Assad was a difficult time too. The difference is stability. Syria has been fucked since 2011. At least now they can rebuild without an obvious dictator - the future will be finding someone who isn't a dictator to take up power.
Israel, Turkey, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc all want to control Syria so some coalition of foreign tyrants will rule for a bit, but this is ultimately a better future than under Assad.
- Rebuilding is just a scam the whole point of it is to drown the country in debts and allow multinational American companies to control the economy and ressources. Just like in Iraq
  https://archive.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/after/2004/0120ambitions.htm
  
  According to Perkins, his job at the firm was to convince leaders of underdeveloped countries to accept substantial development loans for large construction and engineering projects. Ensuring that these projects were contracted to U.S. companies, such loans provided political influence for the US and access to natural resources for American companies, thus primarily helping local elites and wealthy families, rather than the poor.
- At least now they can rebuild without an obvious dictator
  Ha. Good luck with that. Seems to be going great in libya, etc.
Miraculous time for all those innocents tortured in Assad's prisons and liberated since this toppeling. "A blessing from God (Allah)" they will say.
i am very optimistic for once for Syria
- Tahrir el sham has it's own fair share of torture
- i am very optimistic for once for Syria
  You should check out every other imperial invasion on the planet.
  
  Lots of misplaced optimism in this thread.
Can anyone EILI5 what the implications of this might be, and why?
- Nobody knows, probably all of them will start a war with each other and isis somehow will return.
  
  I am not optimistic that this will turn out well in any way for anyone.
- Look at any other imperial invasion on the planet. Libya, iraq, afghanistan, etc.
  The implications are that the place will be totally destroyed and everything of value will be stolen.
Natanyaho statement make me very pessimistic about Syria future
- What Netanyahu statement?
  
  This collapse is the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran
Empire just made another libya, iraq, afghanistan, ukraine, etc.

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