[blackdog]

" Al-Qaeda jihadists as the only remaining force capable of opposing President Bashar Assad."

And what is the reason we need Assad ousted? I smell a rat. Who's got some sort of planned use for Syria's infrastructure, waterways, pipelines, or minerals? Who benefits from Assad's removal, only to be replaced by Al-Qaeda / Taliban / Jihadi radicals?

[Innovative]

‘And what is the reason we need Assad ousted?’

Same reason we wanted to oust Mubarak — to help the jihadists to take over...