Interesting. Syria is like the Iraq of Saddam Hussein. It was an Islamist state, but only within limits; mostly it was a dictatorship based on “Islamic principles.” This indicates to me that the radical Islamists are picking up steam in Syria (probably thanks to the fact that we enshrined Islam in the Iraqi constitution).
Absolutely. Under Saddam the Christian minority was protected and even allowed to participate in government. Then we installed the current regime.
Syria today protects its Christian minority and even allows them to participate in government. When will the US try to change that?