U.S. Official Predicts ‘War of Attrition’ Among Syrian Fighters After Strike -- New York Times
VILNIUS, Lithuania — A senior State Department official said on Friday that the military strike the United States is planning would not fundamentally alter the military balance in Syria and would likely be followed by a prolonged “war of attrition” among the Syrian combatants.
‘I don’t expect huge, huge change on the day after on the ground,” said the official, who is traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry to a meeting here with European Union foreign ministers on the Middle East.
“That grinding war of attrition will continue and the regime’s manpower shortages will continue to grow, but I would not expect a breakthrough on the ground.”
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My Comment: I have been saying the same thing for the past year .... the Syrian civil war is now a war of attrition, and if the Syrian regime should find themselves losing a man for every rebel killed .... they will lose the war. This is probably why the Syrian government is contemplating (and using) chemical weapons .... they want to tilt the balance of the war to their side, and by decimating rebel strongholds they may just accomplish that.
Update: The above video is an impressive photo gallery of the Syrian civil war in 2012
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