2013 Intervention in Syria

[lerk]

What if the crisis sparked by the Ghouta attack in 2013 led to the US intervening in Syria? This will surely lead to a fall of the Assad regime, but what will the aftermath of it be?

 

[I Saw A Red Sky]

The US has intervened in Syria, or are you talking like a full-scale invasion?

 

[lerk]

The US has intervened in Syria, or are you talking like a full-scale invasion?

Something like what happened in Libya in 2011 OTL.

 

[I Saw A Red Sky]

Something like what happened in Libya in 2011 OTL.

We know how that turned out.

 

[Japhy]

We know how that turned out.

With a drastically smaller death count even now?

 

[aurinoko]

With a drastically smaller death count even now?

and rampant slavery, but i digress

 

[Gary Oswald]

and rampant slavery, but i digress

That's also a problem in Syria too, isn't it?

 

[Japhy]

That's also a problem in Syria too, isn't it?

What is?

Nevermind, forgot to check the bottom right.

 

[aurinoko]

That's also a problem in Syria too, isn't it?

It is/was mostly ISIS issue. Assad -and Gadaffi- governments, despite all their sins, is/was not exactly pro-slavery.

 

[lerk]

Alongside what would happen in Syria I wonder what this will mean for American power abroad. Assad's victory really hurt American prestige. A successful intervention into Syria will change how America reacts to crises in the future, such as the Iraqi Civil War (which was going to happen regardless of what will happen in Syria), Russian intervention in Ukraine, and how America will deal with Iran.

 

[Roger II]

I wonder how Russia is going to fare-they've lost one big foreign policy gamble at this point. Maybe without the boost from Syria and Obama losing his nerve(?) they'll be more cautious about Ukraine?

*I put this in question mark because my overly Obama-friendly hunch is that we won't really have a good grasp what happened until a lot of diplomatic stuff gets declassified.