It was not a comparison, just stated the obvious. Calling names for things doesn’t change them. Hence calling themselves democratic doesn’t make them one.
Currently there’s a window of opportunity for transitioning to a functional state of some sort. I’m referring to either the potential future failure of that, or the potential failure to transition to a functional state.
Before this week, Syria had already for years been carved up by ISIS/HTS/Al-Qaeda, Turkey, US/Kurds, and Israel. The Assad government was already a diminished, rump state. Now the four frenemy victors will decide the fate of the ex-rump state.
Huh? The state of Syria just collapsed; its failure is already in the rear view mirror.
That so called “state” was a dictatorship though.
There’s no “so-called” about it. Plenty of Westphalian states are “authoritarian”, and most “democracies” aren’t actually democratic[1][2].
It was not a comparison, just stated the obvious. Calling names for things doesn’t change them. Hence calling themselves democratic doesn’t make them one.
Ok officer we’re convinced you can go now
Currently there’s a window of opportunity for transitioning to a functional state of some sort. I’m referring to either the potential future failure of that, or the potential failure to transition to a functional state.
Before this week, Syria had already for years been carved up by ISIS/HTS/Al-Qaeda, Turkey, US/Kurds, and Israel. The Assad government was already a diminished, rump state. Now the four frenemy victors will decide the fate of the ex-rump state.