[impimp]

I prefer Assad.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I heard this morning that Russia has called on the UN to investigate who used the chemical weapons.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Tillerson is talking like this a good thing? Sheesh.

[KC_Conspirator]

Tillerson’s people are a bunch of Jeb/neverTrumper, Beltway RINOs unfortunately.

[Gaffer]

Oh, the dreams that could have been!

Would that some all-powerful foreign entity could have engineered a “fall of the reign of the Clinton or Obama Crime Families.”

THOSE are the dreams that are worth having.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Just keep it at words, Mr. Tillerson. Americans are not interested in getting involved in Syria.

We've had decades to see how the Europeans, US Democrats and Republicans like McCain and Graham handle these situations - they demand regime change and denounce anyone who wants to leave the blood-thirsty dictator in power, but when the US follows their advice and intervenes, they'll immediately denounce the US as it bleeds and struggles to fix what was broken by others.

[headstamp 2]

Fine, he can send an army of corporate lobbyists over there to remove him.

[Bishop_Malachi]

We’ve been there and tried that with regards to the Middle East. Assad is still better than the insane rabble around him. Sheesh.

[PGR88]

A Sunni - Saudi puppet will rule most of the country. Hezbollah will be Iran’s agent, the Kurds will have their area, and the Alawites and remaining Christians will be slaughtered

Israel also likes this arrangement. It has, for now, removed one long-standing major threat

[montag813]

Christians prefer Assad.

[freedomfiter2]

It appears that the US prefers a regime that murders Christians once again.

[Trump20162020]

Sounds like impotent bloviating.

[Original Lurker]

All about energy.

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Natural-Gas-War-Burning-Under-Syria.html

[samtheman]

I am hoping there is a pro-Israel component to all this. Otherwise, I don’t see any upside at all, other than the obvious bit about eclipsing the media narrative regarding Russians stealing the election.

[silverleaf]

So we supply jihadists in Syria with CW via clandestine operation
Then blame Russia when they use them
Obliterate the popularly elected Bashir Al Assad and install a new ruling council in the name of democracy and human rights
Which will tear apart SYRIA among Al Qaeda ISIS Kurds sunni shia secular Alawite Christian and various rebel militia and tribes with flags... - SYRIA becomes a wretched hive of scum and villainy patrolled by US troops in an undeclared war
Meanwhile Israel invades Syria from the south in the name of humanitarianism ( yeah that will fly in the muslim world)
Off the west coast of the US a search is underway for a sub we claim to not be able to,identify yeah right but...)
Is it north korean or.... RUSSIAN
Somehow if anything happens we can blame them both
Geez Tom Clancy would have had a field day with the real world treachery being played on We the People
Except there are no Jack Ryans here

[ptsal]

By the way, who is the replacement model?

[Psalm 144]

This is like Ryancare.

Preserves the essentials of Obamunist policy with slight presentation differences.

I don’t think very many of us voted for leftovers.

[Charles Martel]

Of all of Trump’s cabinet selections thus far, Tillerson is the only one that made me feel uneasy. Guess I can stop hoping that I was reading the guy wrong.

[marron]

Its easy to say you’re against Assad. I’m against Assad.

The question is, who do you replace him with, who is capable of keeping this steam kettle under control? And if he is willing to do what it takes to keep this mess under control, are you going to be happy with the result? And if he can’t control it, can you live with the chaos and genocide that results?

And whether or not you can, what about the people that get slaughtered either way?

[bert]

It’s 1916 in America all over again