tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2476999432224365215..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-72289043534036390502013-08-30T16:55:44.988-05:002013-08-30T16:55:44.988-05:00A gedanken experiment on Syria. Suppose the US an...A gedanken experiment on Syria. Suppose the US and its allies wind down the rhetoric and announce loudly that Assad will not be challenged. However, the US and allies will accept up to a million refugees as immigrants from Syria a year, for at least a decade. This gets 10 million people who really dislike Assad out from under his thumb, ideally with some share of their wealth. Syria's population falls from an estimated 22 million people to about half that -- presumably all of whom are reconciled to or even happy about being ruled by Assad. <br /><br />The emigrants gain. The nations receiving these motivated new citizens gain. Assad, in some sense, gains. But Syria becomes a much smaller and less wealthy nation, with much less capability to be a trouble maker in the Middle East.mike shupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383379836883992742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-47993541745161337722013-08-30T11:17:46.065-05:002013-08-30T11:17:46.065-05:00Good Syria stuff. The Obama administration may ha...Good Syria stuff. The Obama administration may have painted itself into a corner with its "just send a message" rhetoric after the "red line" comments. Not sure if they have any good options fitting both those requirements.Morgan Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08488994506896975339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-69250081263312676172013-08-30T08:58:14.094-05:002013-08-30T08:58:14.094-05:00Who among us does not love Bill Daily?Who among us does not love Bill Daily?TNnoreply@blogger.com