The Syrian war consists of many conflicts. In addition to being a struggle against the country's regime, Syria became a scene - and the war an opportunity - for rivalry between countries in the region. In particular Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as Qatar, were active in Syria to promote their own political interests.
The book, which is actually an one-on-one interview with state senator Richard Black from Virginia and author Sarah Westall, discusses how the United States maneuvers in this war game, and they question America's alliance with Islamic terrorists. They also talk about the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflicts around the world where the US has been involved or participates in for the time being. These conflicts aren't necessarily easy to explain. The truth isn't necessarily easy to find. The first casualty of war is truth. And if you see conflicts from different places of view, you will also see that they have other perspectives than those that come in the black and white descriptions in classic news reports in main stream newspapers, radio and television. This book gives you that other perspective.
The book discusses how the opposition to the Baath regime is politically fragmented and military uncoordinated. It lacks a political platform and military leadership, and has been unable to present an alternative for a future government in Syria. So the question remains; why are so many interested in fueling this conflict? This is not the end of the story, for sure.
You could think that a Q&A interview like this would be monotonous and tedious. But it isn't. The topic is interesting, the perspectives are different, and the dynamic conversation between the interviewer and the interviewee is great. Therefore it's difficult to stop reading it. The book is a page-turner.
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