Because he a trained doctor working against BammyCare?
Obama and his pals want to depose Assad because since Egypt dumped Morsi and the brotherhood they need a new home. Homey Zero has decided that Syria should be that home.
“I want to reassure our allies and the people of Syria that what we are about to undertake, if we undertake it at all, will have no purpose or goal,”~Dear Leader, Sept 2013.
Because getting rid of Mubarak and Kadaffi worked so well.
Because he protects Christians and opposes Islamists
I don’t know if it is true, some people say we are actually after the Iranian regime.
“We” don’t. Barak Hussein Obama does. Why? Cause Assad ain’t Islamic enough.
I don't know any who do. The ones I hear calling for him to be ousted aren't conservatives (Kristol comes to mind).
Because the Saudi’s want to build a natural gas pipeline to Europe through Syria and Assad is blocking the path.
The bigger question is...
why has Obama orchestrated the overthrow of Arab governments for the Muslim Brotherhood (aka “Arab Spring”)?
It is like a bunch of city kids standing around stirring an ant hill with a stick. But they don’t know that after you get it stirred up you are supposed to douse it with gas and light it up.
I wouldn’t rate him alongside Mubarak.
He’s not an Islamist nutjob. He’s just a power-hungry sociopath playing the angles with Russia and Iran, not unlike his dad.
Mark Levin described the Assads succinctly. They are essentially mobsters who seized power at an opportune moment. It’s like Al Capone running Syria, and Bashar was not even supposed to be there. His brother got assassinated and he moved up.
Regardless, he is a little like Gaddafi, having mellowed his country in recent years before the uprising. He’s not interested in persecuting Christians. However, he is a key ally of Iran, and their only path through the air to bomb Israel.
I have said from the start. The whole thing is fu8cked up.
I hate it when a tin pot dictator uses armored vehicles and chemical weapons against his own civilian populace resulting in the deaths of innocent women and children.....like Bill Clinton and the Democrats did at Waco.
Knowing what we know now I’m not so sure I would have supported removing Saddam from power in Iraq. Its not that he was a nice guy by any means but like Assad he held the country together and had control. The Kurds of Iraq are better off today but that’s because everybody else has gone back to fighting with each other. The Christians of Iraq are worse off because they don’t have the protection that Hussein offered.
One of my concerns with an attack on Syria is that it will cause a rush of refugees into Jordan and stir revolt there and Jordan is the last “friendly” nation in the neighborhood of Israel and King Adbulla really is quite moderate. Really more of a muslim in name only.
Because not bombing Syria after the “red line” comment would make 0 look stupid and/or weak. Because Assad is not Islamist enough for Barry’s taste. Because 0bummer is planning some new unpopular domestic policy and needs a distraction fast. Because Reggie Love whispered in 0bama’s ear that it would be really cool if his lover boy bombed Syria.
Who knows what goes on in the minds of 0bama sycophants?
Well, if we do, it sure will leave a nice vacuum that al quaeda is quite ready to fill. As have O’s military blunders every single time. Nice going, Obama.
Because we’re so quick to pull the trigger without exhausting diplomatic options. Beyond that, because the Saudis and qataris want to build a pipeline there and we fight their wars for them, the Sunni Saudis hate the Shiite Assad, and finally since QE isn’t working and war is all that’s left to TPTB.