You are assuming that Assad did it last year too. That may be true, but what is the evidence?
Does aside [sic] seem like a rationale person to you?
If you get your way and Assad is removed, I think it's likely that whatever Syria becomes as a result will be a lot less "rational." But that will make the deep state happy. Under Assad, Christians and other groups have survived.
First off, nowhere have I ever said removal of Assad was my goal or the admins goal. It might be a deep state goal, but don’t attribute that to me. I have espoused it was a mistake when Clinton/Obama disposed of Muammar Gaddafi. The dictator has played a role in keeping worse factions under thumb.
As to the comment of “Under Assad, Christians and other groups have survived”, I don’t know. I have no personal experience with that. How do I know that’s not just propaganda and that life as a Christian in Syria is not hell? Seems like many have been displaced by the conflict. Do you know that Christians have it better under Assad, or is that just a talking point?
One article that you could google states that last spring “Syrian Christians rejected protestors’ demands for embattled president Bashar al-Assad to resign. But Christians did broadly endorse democratic reforms that would bring an end to dictatorship.” That doesn’t sound like a ringing endorsement of Assad. Sounds more like a people terrified of the circumstances and afraid that things could be worse. Some may have to learn to pick up arms and defend themselves.