[ScottinVA]

And some FReepersbare pissed that I cheered the likelihood Addad’s regime used chem weapons against these animals.

[VitacoreVision]

Maybe the Syrian Government didn't use Chemical weapons, the Rebels did.

Evidence Shows Syrian Rebels Behind Chemical Attack

Current data seem to suggest that it was not Syrian government forces behind the recent chemical attack in Aleppo, but rebel forces linked with al-Qaeda.

The New American
27 March 2013

[ek_hornbeck]

I wouldn't go so far as to "cheer" the use of chemical weapons (if indeed it did occur, as opposed to being rebel propaganda), but I can't see for the life of me how Assad is any worse than any other tinpot dictator in the region (or most of the Third World), and why so many of our politicians are champing at the bit to see him toppled by rampaging rebels.

Obviously, he's a thug, but the alternative is far worse. Christians in the Arab world have always looked upon secular dictators like Assad as the lesser evil when compared to having Islamist imams and mullahs running the country. They also recognize that in their lands, "democracy" means two wolves and sheep deciding what's for dinner. I agree with them.