You sound like a misguided neo-conservative who thinks inside every foreigner is an American trying to get out. 2/3 of Egypt voted for the Islamist parties. Tunisia has an Islamist leader. Ultimately, an Alawite-run Syria is no threat to us because of the continuing infighting endemic to minority rule, but a Sunni Islamist Syria will pose serious challenges.
As to Iran, I think we should impose a no-fly zone in Iran, destroy its air force and air defenses and flatten its nuclear facilities. That was how we ended Saddam's nuclear program, and that success shows the way forward. I don't understand all of the BS continually spouted by the talking heads about how Iran's nuclear program is indestructible.
I don’t really care about what kind of muslim Assad is, it is the fact that he is a genocidal socialist dictator guilty of killing US soldiers in Iraq that really bothers me.