The situation there was complicated with several different groups opposing him. Our failure to support the rational ones strengthened Daesh.
Obama diplomacy -total madness.
“The situation there was complicated with several different groups opposing him. Our failure to support the rational ones strengthened Daesh.”
There is no radical Islam, there is just Islam.
There were no rational rebels. Any of them would have turned on the US at any time.
I am a wary of the reports of Assad killing civilians. With the media now being the propaganda arm of the CIA, it’s hard to know the truth (see the Smith-Mundt act repeal). One example is the continual use by the MSM of the debunked claim that Assad used chemical weapons.
In the end, Assad resuming full control may keep the trash in line like Khadafi did. Khadafi warned that he was holding the hordes back (if you like podcasts, check out the congressional dish episode on Libya),
There were no “rational groups” — even the “moderates” chanted “Christians to Beirut, Alawites to the grave” and were ready to send Christians and Shias and Druze to the grave as well