> imagine spending over a decade calling yourself the "resistance axis" and flexing on the west, just to turn around and beg to remain the king of rubble the resistance axis is headed by iran, which proved itself not just as a cruddy ally to syria but also hezbollah. turning coat is the prgmatic thing to do here, especially if assad gives more guarantees to the us than al-qaeda would, because then the us would have an interest in undercutting turkish interests in syria to prevent it from getting too powerful from within nato.
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