Now that Aleppo has been retaken by Syrian forces, it becomes virtually impossible to depose Assad. From Tom Luongo at planetfreewill.com:
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has essentially reclaimed the city of Aleppo in the past couple of days. The failure to break the siege from the Southwest coupled with the Turkish Army not resupplying militants meant the situation wouldn’t hold for long.
Aleppo is the key to the Syrian ‘civil war.’ Now that pro-Assad forces have won the day it touches off a number of responses around the region. This further breaks down the position of U.S/NATO-backed forces trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power, regardless of what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has to say about it.
It also ushers in the next potential escalation of the proxy war between the outgoing Obama administration, doing the bidding of the U.S. Deep State, and its opponents coalescing around Russia and its front-man President Vladimir Putin.
The Aleppo Fulcrum
Aleppo is the strategic key to Assad remaining in power. This is why it has been fought for with such vigor by all sides.
The only thing left for the U.S./NATO/GCC coalition is a diplomatic solution. But, given the military facts on the ground there is little hope of that as well. The time for that was back in February when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov brokered a cease-fire and Russia announced the removal of military assets from Syria.
To continue reading: Battle for Aleppo Over, Real War Has Begun
