For Whom Syria Tolls
The Syrian conflict increasingly resembles the Spanish Civil War, with the world's main actors once again taking opposite sides. Moreover, for those in the West who oppose intervention on the side of the rebels, yesterday’s fear of supporting anarchists and Communists has become today’s fear of supporting “fundamentalist Muslims.”
PARIS – With every passing week, the Syrian conflict increasingly resembles the Spanish Civil War. The images of warplanes bombing civilians and destroying cities have turned Aleppo into a latter-day version of Guernica, immortalized in Picasso’s masterpiece. But the real similarities between the two conflicts are to be found in the behavior of the international community’s main actors, which have again taken opposite sides.
PARIS – With every passing week, the Syrian conflict increasingly resembles the Spanish Civil War. The images of warplanes bombing civilians and destroying cities have turned Aleppo into a latter-day version of Guernica, immortalized in Picasso’s masterpiece. But the real similarities between the two conflicts are to be found in the behavior of the international community’s main actors, which have again taken opposite sides.