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      7 months ago

      Where’s your timestamped prediction then? It wasn’t incorporated into any of the criticisms I saw of the Syrian govt prior to the collapse. That was when everyone learned about the relations with Iran, Russia, and there was more discussion of previously underlooked factors which worsened the sanctions situation like how Assad was wary of trade deals and still courted the west. Essentially, pro-regime criticisms of Assad are posthumously waved around by people who were more keen on defending nu-ISIS and Rojava at the time. Everyone still deals with foreign nations like they’re abstractions or a round in a trivia contest.