I've read his comment - I really don't see the purpose achieved by you copy and pasting it. His comment was a response as to why Syria has problems, not as to

I've read his comment - I really don't see the purpose achieved by you copy and pasting it. His comment was a response as to why Syria has problems, not as to why there is civil war. Your take on his comment: > it's impossible to see full blown civil war happening without the failure of the Ottoman Empire to create a unified culture and nation state Is something the equivalent that blaming the bombing of Hiroshima on the Shogunate would be. If you do not see the difference between historical events which contributed to a circumstance and recent ones which precipitated the events stemming from a circumstance (e.g. Truman's authorization) - than I think there is no way we can have a conversation.