Proposals to make Idlib a "West Berlin" met with scant attention, as no side could see a way for dissenters to maintain an enclave. With casinos. The airstrips would be for humanitarians, and diplomats could make speeches from the permanent outdoor Woodstock style sound stage. Mix in some Arab Spring vibe, some Occupy, and keep the Syrians free of invaders from the sky.
The Syrian refugees are being pushed out by people who covet their lands. We learn simply by seeing who takes the vacant apartments. Make everything too violent for a middle class to tolerate, and take over. That's the streets of New York. We saw it in Aleppo. Just arm everyone to the teeth and stoke hostilities and you're in business.
No one suggests turning it off at the spigot, where the factories spew arms by the box car full, day after day. To pay a fortune for an arsenal and not use it, not need it? The public needs theater to justify the expense. They need to see themselves being the good guys. It's a lot of expensive fireworks, but what else works? If shareholders are going to stay in the money, we'll need to showcase why our products are truly worth the expense. How's that for ironclad logic?
