SYRIAN REBELS GAINS SHOULD NOT GO UNNOTICED!!!
Yesterday,
I mentioned the significance of probable Surface to Air Weapons finally showing
up in the hands of the rebels.
Today's
stories of assaults near the International
Airport in Damascus could signal changes in the conflict
every bit as dramatic as SAM operations.
For months
the rebels have realized how vital the international airport is to Assad and
his regime.
His re-supply
from Iran and Russia flow
through that airfield and everyone knows it.
Denying Assad the ability to not only receive vital support
through the airport, but the psychological damage of his supporters knowing the
airfield is now too dangerous to utilize is a devastating event.
It is now wonder Assad's forces are mounting an all out
assault on the forces in and around Damascus .
He simply cannot survive the physical or psychological loss
of Damascus International Airport .
Here is the telling issue.
There is no way that airport was not heavily guarded.
If it was not the most protected site in Syria , it has
to be one of the top three.
Assad and his family... his WMD... and the airport in Damascus .
A true assault to capture or damage the facility and not
just harass it's operations is an ominous sign for Assad.
There is one true escape route for his supporters and that
is the airport.
If that option is taken away or the perception it is about
to go away, his most loyal backers, the Sunni business class, are probably
about to leave.
If flights are disrupted and it sounds as if they are, then
panic is setting in as I type this.
The interesting thing about conflict is the fact that defeat
often comes suddenly.
It is not a given that this conflict will gradually swing
the way of the resistance.
It is very likely that the collapse of the Syrian government
could come suddenly and that is what really scares the UN and the rest of the
region.
In the course of just two days, Assad has lost his air superiority
and he may be losing his logistical and physiological "lifeline"... Damascus International.
Do not be surprised if one or two things are about to
happen.
Assad could lash out at the rebels like he has not done so
in the past.
Even more disturbingly... Assad's regime could collapse
in a state of panic.
I remember the fall of Saigon !
We could see such an event again...
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