A Syrian man pulls their belongings after he was evacuated with his family from Aleppo, near Idlib, Syria. Picture by AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved In 1989 the west turned out to have won the Cold War. A new world order was announced, and nothing less than the end of history was predicted. However, the victors left a trail of chaos and violence in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. They had no clue what to do with their victory. The war in Syria marks a new low point.
The siege of Aleppo can be closely followed on twitter and with videos uploaded on the internet. A few months ago, a video was circulating with images taken from a drone hovering over the devastation in Aleppo. You could see in great detail, the craters in the roads and the collapsed buildings. That part is new, but what these images are showing is not: it looks like the destruction in Kabul or Grozny. While General Mladic is on trial in The Hague, we read familiar reports about busloads of men and boys being taken to unknown destinations.
