[Zhang Fei]

[Apparently we are occupying Syrias oilfields under the guise of protecting them

This is a morally unsustainable mission, imo]

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It’s not morality that’s allowing a 10% religious minority (Syria’s ruling Alawites) to impose its will on the 70% Sunni Arab majority. It’s superior firepower. Since the Iranians and Russians have seen fit to keep their minority faction in power in order to advance their regional interests, it’s certainly not immoral for us to keep our minority faction independent of Iran’s and Russia’s client. Especially since the Assad family has sponsored a good number of terrorists who killed large numbers of Americans, starting with the Palestinians and ending with the Syrians he sent to Iraq to kill GI’s, who then attacked his regime when they returned to Syria.

[Enterprise]

Bump!!

[silverleaf]

Too much here to even address

Do more reading about the actual situation and life in Syria

[DesertRhino]

The Sunnis want a sunni government in Syria. Our Sunni government in DC and the CIA also want this.
A Sunni government would be like everywhere else they rule, a theocratic hellhole.

Under Assad and the Alawites you can be a Christian, any type of moslem, and even a Jew etc. There are still one or two Synagogues in Syria of Jews who did not move to Israel back in the 40s.
You can be a woman, with a job and a car. She can drive to Latakia beach, bance to music, drink Syrian made wines, and marry as she pleases.

By any measure Assad was the most liberal leader in the Middle east. So when our Saudi and Gulf States “Allies” ordered us to do so, we launched the rebel movement that became ISIS. we were trying to install a Sunni theocracy and our proxies got out of hand.

We aren’t the good guys in Syria.