Arming rebels fighting Assad, who is Iran’s closest ally, is a defensible policy, regardless of who those rebels are.
We are the people, after all, who allied ourselves with the USSR to fight a greater evil.
Not saying it’s the right policy, just that there are legitimate arguments for it.
Until one learns who the rebels are.
Not saying it’s the right policy, just that there are legitimate arguments for it.
Understood, until the second question is asked.
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Apples and oranges and a gross over-simplification of an intensely complex global alignment.
If it were nothing but Stalin v Hitler with no other countries involved, and we joined Stalin in the fight then your WW2 analogy might make sense but that is nowhere near the case.
But, this is Stalin v Hitler with no other nations involved. Stand back, let them duke it out with hopefully significant reduction in forces on both sides, then let the dust settle and do our best with what's left.
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Apples and oranges and a gross over-simplification of an intensely complex global alignment.
If it were nothing but Stalin v Hitler with no other countries involved, and we joined Stalin in the fight then your WW2 analogy might make sense but that is nowhere near the case.
But, this is Stalin v Hitler with no other nations involved. Stand back, let them duke it out with hopefully significant reduction in forces on both sides, then let the dust settle and do our best with what's left.