“He may be an SOB, but he’s our SOB”
The quote was attributed to Franklin Roosevelt, in 1939, when someone asked him about the wisdom of supporting Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza – who ran Nicaragua (with a 3 year interruption) from 1937 to 1956. (link.)
You can say many things about Assad family, but they always knew to behave, and they kept Syria in order. Sometimes you need an SOB that keeps even worse SOBs in check. Do you think prison guards act at work as nice guys? Besides, why would those man-eating AQ animals be promoting democracy? They are fighting for absolute control, and they aren't too shy to kill everyone in their path. What will they do after they conquer Syria? Will they send flowers to Israel, or bombs? Palestinians are bad enough, even though they are isolated. Syria is open to the world; it will become "an unsinkable airplane carrier" to launch missiles at Israel with impunity. Who will Israel bomb after an attack? AQ is not a person, you cannot threaten it with death.
<....”The Assad family, ...always knew to behave, and they kept Syria in order. Sometimes you need an SOB that keeps even worse SOBs in check”....>
The Western mind cannot grasp that fact....and won’t...they foolishly believe these people can be controlled bu offering them what they don’t want......how many centuries have they remained barbarians? And they still are today.
Remember the Muslim who even attended whitehouse functions...then ended up beheading his wife in the hallway of a radio station because she wanted a divorce!
The violent nature is within them and it only takes circumstances to bring that out.