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Syrian Army far from done
Though degraded by a war of attrition against increasingly capable guerilla militias, the Syrian military remains a cohesive force capable of continuing its operations for the foreseeable future, according to independent military analysts.The assessment that the Syrian military remains a potent force contradicts months of suggestions by Obama administration officials that defections and the pace of the increasingly violent conflict is overstretching the military, a theme thats been voiced repeatedly for months in official State Department briefings. We think that the army is increasingly overstretched. We think that the economy is under increasing strain. And we think the rebels are getting stronger, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Aug. 9 in one typical comment. Posted by: badanov 2012-09-08 |
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