Bashir Assad is the true moderate in Syria. We should be supporting him against the terrorists in his country. The only problem with Assad are his attacks on rebel and terrorist strongholds where innocent civilians often reside. Sound familiar? Israel vs Hamas. Bibi is being villianized in like manner by the international press; only a matter of time before Israel gets the Syria treatment.
Assad’s no moderate. There are no moderates in that area. Assad’s spoken enmity against Israel and the USA several times in the past; especially, Assad has demanded repeatedly that Israel give him the Golan.
Secular strong men have historically our best allies in the Middle East (after Israel, of course). We keep overthrowing these people and then we get “surprised” when Muslim fanatics take over and make things worse.
——Bashir Assad is the true moderate in Syria. ——
Well, I guess it depends on your perspective....
Compared to ISIL Assad is a moderate...
To the rest of the world...he is a brutal dictator....
But at least he is a secular one...
“Bashir Assad is the true moderate in Syria.”
Totally true, at least by Middle East standards. He had NO PROBLEM protecting his large Christian population...a population that is now running for their lives from our “friends” there.
No, that is not so.