Connecting Syria's allies and enemies

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2013/08/201383111193558894.html

     This post gives you a chance to have an interactive look at the political and military positions for Syria’s allies and enemies. These positions include being for or against a military intervention in Syria. This interactive post was last updated on August 31^st 2013. It shows that there is two major divisions of countries opinions wither being for or against military intervention but is further broken down into other categories. The countries included that support military intervention include Israel, United States, United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. The Countries that opposes military intervention are China, Russia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.  The circle size of each country is represented of their military capabilities base on the GFP power index. The larger the circle the more power that military has. The colors of the circle give each country a broad characteristic of why they are on whichever side. The underlining circles connect a few countries that have similar qualities regarding being members or the UN Security Council or being a supported to the rebel groups.  By clicking on each country there is a more detail description on the reasons why they stand for what they believe.

     When exploring through this interactive website I began to question why certain countries were located next to other countries; for example why Egypt and Israel were located in far left or right filed and not connected to other countries yet they do have some similar qualities. Another characteristic that was not written but given from this website was how the countries closer to the separation line seemed to be the key members in the outcome. The size of US, UK, France, China and Russia in fact represent their military power but this image suggests military power in fact the overall power to the outcome on involvement.