Blackwater founder Erik Prince on how to defeat Islamic State
The Alawite-dominated army backed by Soviet/Russian weapons tried to crush them. They used the conventional power of armor/artillery and carpet bombing, causing carnage and the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
In the ongoing conflict, both sides have suffered casualties. It is estimated that 1 of every 3 Alawite military-age males has been killed in the fighting. For Syria, it is a blood feud without any chance of peaceful resolution so long as IS or other radical Sunni forces exist.
Hence, the immediate need is elimination of IS in Syria and not a regime change there. Assad cannot capitulate because if he leaves or loses, Alawites living in coastal Syria would be slaughtered en masse.
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