The Assad’s kept a lid on things a bit like Saddam. One day an ally the next tossed aside.
The Neoconservatives are a strange bunch and irrational.
I think DR knows his history on this more than most and can confirm it in more detail.
I take no credit except reading! It’s all well documented, and out there. And Wikileaks was a trove. But Federal employees can’t read it or they get in trouble!