Any external military intervention would devastate Syria due to intended and unintended consequences, writes scholar.

Any external military intervention would devastate Syria due to intended and unintended consequences, writes scholar.
The brutal crackdown of the past five months cannot be excused by Syria’s resistance credentials.
The Syrian regime’s disregard for historical and contextual applicability to its predicament explains its violence.
Analysts struggle to comprehend the Middle Eastern shock waves reverberating since the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings.