I have long thought that the naïve were those who wanted to support unknown terrorist groups against Assad. Americans stopped Obama from going into Syria against Assad....the famous red line in the sand. I was one of those who disagreed with supporting the unknown to get rid of the known.
The result: Christians in Syria, formerly protected to some degree, are now refugees. They are the lucky ones. The others are dead, their women kidnapped, and their civilization destroyed.
IIRC, they were an orthodox people. Putin could even claim to be entering to protect the orthodox.
I have long thought that the naïve were those who wanted to support unknown terrorist groups against Assad.
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Like McCain, Graham and Obama. All of the weapons we shipped to them have ended up in the hands of jihadists.