“Syria needed a revolution”. I heard this in an online live interview yesterday with an activist who spent most of the interview talking about how horrific the situation is on the ground. She talked about how entire neighborhoods were destroyed, and how you could “smell death” everywhere because of the bodies buried under rubble after government airstrikes. Yes, Syria needed a revolution, but did Syria need this? You cannot logically separate these things.
Do you think that past generations did not want a revolution? Of course they did, but what they did not want is what such a revolution would cause in terms of devastation. Do you think that they were passive and cowardly because they did not revolt? On the contrary; they had the strength and bravery to endure and restrain themselves; to resist their emotional desire to lash out at the regime, because they knew it would bring unthinkable suffering to millions of people.
Wallahi, I do not know why it seems so incomprehensible to so many people that you are supposed to act according to your capability, not beyond it. If you act beyond your capability, you will fail. Do you think that because Badr happened, that means you never have to plan? Do you think that miracles are an entitlement that automatically belongs to any Muslim fighting group? Have you forgotten about patience?
“If I am attacked by a stronger opponent who oppresses me, am I supposed to just bear it simply because I don’t have the power to resist, or just because if I resist he will punish others?”
The answer is “yes”. That is exactly what you do. I don’t like it, and you don’t like it, but that is real life, and that is what the religion mandates. You endure, you maintain patience, and you build your strength or your strategy, until you actually have the capability to win.
What is so difficult to understand here?
If you know that you are in an asymmetrical battle, why would you fight in a conventional manner? In Syria, if you were determined to take an armed approach, why could you not, for instance, have ceased the demonstrations, returned to your homes, and then, instead of assembling battalions to fight against warplanes, assemble squads of men to strike specific prominent ‘Alawi industrialists and businessmen from the elites who have influence over the regime? People like Ramy Makhlouf or Mohammed Jaber. The point is, accurately assess your capabilities, and formulate your strategy accordingly. Rein in your emotions and subordinate them to your reason.
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