Wi: Syrian civil war 1982

When you bomb and gas unrestrictedly and will do so in year one you get more leveled cities, but in that era such states could kill hundreds of thousands in short order and the world would not blink.

Assad would be lucky that Saddam didn't have too many divisions to spare after trying to crush Iran if the uprising lasted a year or two otherwise Saddam would take it all.

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the uprising lasted a year or two
Wouldn't last longer then 2 years, The currect Syrian civil war is in its 6 year and ongoing . given this is during the cold war wouldn't the us and allies sent far more aid to the rebels
 
Wouldn't last longer then 2 years, The currect Syrian civil war is in its 6 year and ongoing . given this is during the cold war wouldn't the us and allies sent far more aid to the rebels

It's kind of hard to last that long when Assad Sr. could use bombs and gas totally unrestrictedly in a way even Assad Jr. couldn't.
 
Another proxy between the US and Soviets then. Though im not sure who would send tropps to help their side but probaly the Soviets since they are closer.
 
another question how bad would the refugee crisis be and where they go given Lebanon is in civil war and Iraq is fighting Iran
 
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