A pro-Iran, secular Assad regime which includes the various Syrian minorities is a trillion times preferable to the only alternative: pro-Saudi, radical Sunni-Islamist rule.
Nonsense. Death to America Iran as the dominate regional power in the Middle East is a disaster for us. A war waiting to happen. A big one.
There is more to this that meets the eye. I believe Syria is dead, they just don’t know it yet. My take on all of this is Iran’s “Caliphate.” They need Syria and to get Syria not only do they have to wipe out the Christians, they have to wipe out the Kurds. This is happening in the guise of destroying ISIS.
This is also why Obama didn’t get arms to the Kurds despite their pleading. The 1.3 Billion will wind up in the Assad bank account as a going away present.
Remember that it was a sunni regional power Saudi arabia that brought us 911, not Iran
and now, the Syrian “ civil” war also brought by Saudi Arabia with US as its hired mercenary military
Saudi Arabia vs Iran
Neither major islamic sect will bring peace and prosperity to the region or the world - neither can be allowed to win without great bloodshed and world war
despite Syria’s longstanding tie with Iran Assad is one last bulwark of secularism - there is simply no rational alternative at this time
the U.S. policy of destroying nations and expecting the rebuild to be an improvement has failed repeatedly