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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 24 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The wild card remains Israel, the neighboring nation the new Syrian government has tried so far in vain to appease.

are we really re-learning this one?

Appeasement never works.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Foreign Policy: Appeasement Is Underrated | Rejecting diplomacy by citing Neville Chamberlain’s deal with the Nazis is a willfully ignorant use of history.

[–] dx1@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not really "appeasement" of course, more "capitulation" - by all indications he's a plant.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes it does. Germany went to war.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Genocide is the goal of appeasement?

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

tbf Israel essentially destroyed all of Syria's airforce the moment HTS captured Damascus to ensure that they have nothing to defend themselves with.

To engage Israel now is a death trap that would also likely get the US involved, which could easily bring the country back into anarchy with a couple of bribes and assassinations.

Israel is pressing in hopes of a response that they can use as a means of escalation. Syria needs to bite the bullet for the time being and repair the country before tackling Israel.