"In Libya, many countries were involved in different ways soon after the anti-Gaddafi uprising started. The uprising managed to topple the regime fairly swiftly, with the powerful support of western countries. Had the strong air strikes, military equipment and training support not existed, things may not have come to an end in such a short time," an article by Nihat Ali Ozcan headlined "From Libyan to Syrian military intervention?" and published by Hurriyet reads.
"Recently, a similar uprising has been experienced in Syria. The al-Assad regime treated the developments seriously at the very beginning and attacked the rebels. When examining the developments, without the support of Western countries the rebels do not have a chance of increasing their capacity and achieving success. But we also see that countries which mobilized for Syria are not going with the grain of the rebels. In my opinion, there are five fundamental reasons why a military intervention similar to that conducted in Libya has not been realized in Syria," the author of the article says.
"Firstly, significant changes have taken place in the domestic policies of the countries that intervened in Libya; secondly, the irresistible attraction that Libyan oil held; thirdly, Syria’s remoteness from Europe in comparison with Libya; fourthly, the cost of a military intervention in Syria would probably be must higher than Libya; lastly, the unwillingness of Israel," the author says.
