Yeah Cubans were really thrilled when they got rid of that bastard Bautista. How did it work out for them?
New chapter for Syria. This is what Obama wanted by fueling the civil war. Only the side that he was supporting also supported ISIS. I wonder what will become of the remaining Christians in Syria.
Get ready for a Sunni Wahabbist paradise. The days of Syrian women dancing on Latakia beach, drinking Syrian wine, and going back on monday to a job they chose are over.
That's typical in mid Eastern countries where unfortunately dictatorships work well. Vacuums are created when they're removed. Libya is a great example after Khaddafi was deposed. The attack on Benghazi was actually three separate attacks by three different organizations. When the first attack failed, two other followed.
If we didn't have troops in Iraq, it would fall apart as it did Afghanistan whether Russia or American's were there.
Prediction: Jihadists of one flavor or another will come to dominate the new government. A new strongman will come to power and there will be no real elections. More people will be killed and repression will be worse than it was under Assad. And the Deep State will pat itself on the back and call it victory, while using the resulting instability to try to convince people the world is a dangerous place, so they need to be funded much more heavily.
How long until they attack Israel?
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving murderous tyrant. A year from now we’ll probably be able to say the same thing about his successor.
Syrian women in the '70s under Daddy Assad.
Make your own conclusions.
It remains to be seen whether or not the rebels institute another dark or even darker period.
The big question is Who gets the Oil? Because no one was fighting over a few desert oasis all these decades.
Syria was on the whole anti-American at the time. Hafez Assad played ball with the Soviets, thats when they got their Naval base (Tartus in 1971). He opposed pro-western groups in Lebanon. He hosted numerous Palestinian terrorist groups, some Islamic, others pro-Soviet communist. He hosted other Soviet-aligned terrorist assets (as did Gaddafi). It is rather hard to see this guy as “friendly”.
From bad to worse.
It will be a paradise now, like Afghanistan, right?
John Kiriakou interview. He was CIA and worked in other agencies. He has some interesting tales about all and politicians.
Many clips on the right side of page with interviews with him.
Most Hated CIA Spy on Hunting Osama & INSANE Covert Disguises | John Kiriakou • 249
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_FDZozJ9zE