Will The Syrian Civil War Last 15 Years?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFOt5-1iXji8LjcZaMnnwnrRhRoWKoLws6hKbK-kM2igxDCJLokdZo6V_OD0BVOfuMGXzGo8dHXzbCM7pYWd3Z8T6SJLokyTn6SdCEqjVQ2cu1JbfxN1rVVm0a9ujcXVx1RW-MVhUES3B/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFOt5-1iXji8LjcZaMnnwnrRhRoWKoLws6hKbK-kM2igxDCJLokdZo6V_OD0BVOfuMGXzGo8dHXzbCM7pYWd3Z8T6SJLokyTn6SdCEqjVQ2cu1JbfxN1rVVm0a9ujcXVx1RW-MVhUES3B/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A man walks past damaged buildings and debris in Duma, Damascus January 5, 2014. Photo by Reuters</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Analysis: Combat Fatigue May Finally Spell The End Of Syrian Civil War -- Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post</b></span></div><br />Syrian civil war may very turn out to be mirror-image of the 15-year civil war in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990.<br /><br />The Geneva 2 peace talks between the Assad regime and a non-Islamist rebel group collapsed on Saturday.<br /><br />For the losers of President Bashar Assad’s blood-drenched war – the Syrian people – the result was largely predictable.<br /><br />“Geneva 1 will turn into Geneva 20.There is no hope in Geneva. Every time there are no results,” Rana, a female Syrian teacher living in a hotel on the outskirts of Sofia, told The Jerusalem Post last week. Flopped peace talks suggest the war is moving toward a deeply protracted phase that might push the conflict into a double- digit phase of longevity.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Syria/Analysis-Combat-fatigue-may-finally-spell-the-end-of-Syrian-civil-war-341611">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> As long as Iran/Hezbollah/Russia continue to support Assad, and the rebels only receive minimal support from their Arab allies .... this war is at a stalemate. And like the Lebanese civil war that lasted for almost 15 years, I can easily see the same fate for Syria.

Will The Syrian Civil War Last 15 Years?

A man walks past damaged buildings and debris in Duma, Damascus January 5, 2014. Photo by Reuters Analysis: Combat Fatigue May Finally Spell...

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