Reports keep coming every few weeks claiming that momentum has turned in favor of one faction or the other, but the Syrian Civil War is as stalemated as ever, with growing frustration over the seemingly endless clashes that don’t amount to any territory exchanges.
That’s in keeping with US policy, as officials have conceded the goal of their aid for pro-West rebels is to keep them from either losing or winning in hopes of eventually imposing a settlement, where the US can use its status as a moderator to get concessions they couldn’t otherwise secure.
So they got there stalemate, but what now? The indications are that 30 months into the war there’s no end in sight, and little appetite for negotiation, especially among rebels who seem convinced that sooner or later they’re going to be installed outright.
A big problem with the US strategy here is that it rests on the assumption that a stalemated war will automatically bring about negotiation, and so far that doesn’t seem to be the case, and rather is skewing the rebels toward more and more militant Islamist factions who are less and less willing to talk.
What do you mean "stale mate"? The legitimate government is in control of most of the country apart from the Kurd-areas which is outsourced to them under an agreement for the time being and the area around Al-Raqqa which is run by US/Saudi medieval head shoppers and cannibals. That is a fact but you cannot claim that your heart eating "freedom fighters" are in "control" of a town just because they popped up from a hole or a sewer there temporarily or drove in from from nearby hostile countries, like AT AL-RAWDHA NEAR THE TURKISH BORDER yesterday where 65 FSA (cannibals) held a meeting when SAA found out about it, dropped a thermobaric bomb and wiped 35 terrorist "officers" of the off the planet and chased the rest back to Turkey where they got treatment and soon more bombs and nasties to kill Syrians at random from the US Saudi/Al-Qaeda-loving regime. This is a war between Syrians and (your own figures) 90% foreign (US & Saudi Arabia) sponsored jihadists and takfirists many of whom terrorized Libya on behalf of the western regimes previously. When the US/Saudi/israel stops financing them they will run for their sorry *sses because the Syrians (again your own figures) to a stunning 75% supports their country, president Assad and the SAA and would make certain not one terrorist remain in the country.