confusing. what started this conflict in syria to begin with? do you remember? why is it impossible to obtain peace in that region, or seemingly? with us to break it down, a man who knows the history, as well as what the challenges are now, fox news military analyst lieutenant general thomas mcmirnyi. the ottoman empire breaks up, the western world draws up these countries. they were never meant to be together in the first place. exactly, brian. the french took them between world war 1 and world war ii. after world war ii, then they got their independence, went through a series of governments until finally al assad took charge and that was in 1970. so from that period to 2000 when his son, the current leader became leader, it s been under the assad family, which is now