> Nobody set out to cause a long-lasting, destructive conflict in Syria. That's precisely the point. Nobody set out to cause long-lasting, destructive conflict

> Nobody set out to cause a long-lasting, destructive conflict in Syria. That's precisely the point. Nobody set out to cause long-lasting, destructive conflict in Iraq as well. Furthermore, in Iraq there was a multinational coallition allocating hefty amounts of resourses to ensure a clean politically advantgeous outcome, while the war in Syria would be, according to that conspiracy theory, at best a covert operation leading to a drawn out conflict.