I’m sorry, but I have to ask.
Is the collective intelligence on FreeRepublic
PRO - Assad
CON - Assad
?
For me, CDY...I’m all for propping up Assad.
It IS the Middle-East, after all.
Excellent question. You have to ask yourself, why all of the attention on Assad and why now? Assad is a secular leader in a predominantly Moslem environment. He has kept the peace in his nation for the vast majority of his tenure. But until BHO and HRC started their shite in the ME, no one paid any attention to him.
Egypt nearly falls to the Moslem Brotherhood, Libya does fall, Tunisia has seen an increase in MB affiliated groups as well as several other North African states. But Syria? What benefit would Assad have of attacking his own people? Were Assad to fall, who would fill the void?
IMHO BHO and HRC would see fruition to their plan to have the MB take over Syria and subsequently provide a safe haven for those that seek the destruction of Israel.
If we were going to take down Iran, it would make sense to take down Assad as a first step. It makes no sense to take him down if you are going to give Iran a nuke, and make no mistake, our treaty with Iran shelters, defends, and pays for their nuclear program.
So not only is this war a disaster, its a disaster with a completely incoherent purpose.
And as it turns out we have triggered genocide. We had every reason and every right to tell our partners and our proxies that a condition of our help is that the Christians of the region be protected and defended. As it is, once the genocide became common knowledge, Americans could not and would not support Obama’s policy.
My opinion, Syria isn’t work one American body bag.