“If Obama would keep his nose out of Syria, there would be less dead people there.”
Exactly. That begs the question “why are we in Syria”?
“why are we in Syria”?
To support Obama’s failed attempt to install the Muslim Brotherhood in yet another country. Arab Spring, YEAH!
Damned shame Reggie Love didnt have AIDS, isnt it!/S
Because some idjit drew a line in the sand then buried his head up to his arse there too.
Because Saudi Arabia says so.
Syria is about competing schemes for natgas pipelines. Assad refused to go with the version favored by Saudi, Israel, Qatar, and Turkey.
The first step was in May 2013 when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 to arm the rebels(tow anti tank weapons) .
Senate panel delivers bipartisan rebuke to Obama with vote to arm Syrian rebels
So the CIA would begin vetting, training and arming the rebels.
Then after ISIS came on the scene, Congress would pass legislation to deal with that, but that legislation contained a sizable increase in the money allocated to arm the rebels and it transferred the duty from CIA to the military.
Gradually, these weapons turned the tide and the rebels began to gain the upper hand against the Syrian army.
Because of this, Putin had to send in his military(aircraft and missiles) to help Assad defeat the rebels.
But, Putin has been there over a year and he still hasn't captured Aleppo so he has had to ratchet down a couple more notches