IHT Rendezvous: Does Spain’s History Provide a Lesson in Syria’s Civil War?

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Some of those arguing for greater Western involvement in Syria have pointed to parallels with the Spanish Civil War, in which the democratic powers stood aside. Are they right? And how much can history provide a model for present-day policy?http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642565/s/2c8f6a20/mf.gifhttp://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Frendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com%2F201 3%2F05%2F29%2Fdoes-spains-history-provide-a-lesson-in-syrias-civil-war%2F%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=IHT+Rendezvous%3A+Does+Spain%E2%80%99s+History+P rovide+a+Lesson+in+Syria%E2%80%99s+Civil+War%3F) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Frendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com%2F201 3%2F05%2F29%2Fdoes-spains-history-provide-a-lesson-in-syrias-civil-war%2F%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=IHT+Rendezvous%3A+Does+Spain%E2%80%99s+History+P rovide+a+Lesson+in+Syria%E2%80%99s+Civil+War%3F) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Frendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com%2F201 3%2F05%2F29%2Fdoes-spains-history-provide-a-lesson-in-syrias-civil-war%2F%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=IHT+Rendezvous%3A+Does+Spain%E2%80%99s+History+P rovide+a+Lesson+in+Syria%E2%80%99s+Civil+War%3F) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Frendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com%2F201 3%2F05%2F29%2Fdoes-spains-history-provide-a-lesson-in-syrias-civil-war%2F%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=IHT+Rendezvous%3A+Does+Spain%E2%80%99s+History+P rovide+a+Lesson+in+Syria%E2%80%99s+Civil+War%3F) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Frendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com%2F201 3%2F05%2F29%2Fdoes-spains-history-provide-a-lesson-in-syrias-civil-war%2F%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=IHT+Rendezvous%3A+Does+Spain%E2%80%99s+History+P rovide+a+Lesson+in+Syria%E2%80%99s+Civil+War%3F)


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