Assad makes allies where he can get them, NK wants to project the image of being a world player to bargain from a position of greater strength.
“So what made Assad so eager to go there? It’s a long way from home. “
So we should arrange for his plane to have an in-flight emergency!
Here’s my humble ‘guess’. He’s been told by various insider-Assad figures that he can get the nuke technology, and work up some deal. But basically...they want him to fly out, and will start a coup two days into this trip.
Kim will call up his good friend ‘Donald’ and ask what he should do with Assad (a man without a country). Donald will say that if Kim could just offer ‘shelter’ (hold him) that the US would pay for this. Kim will talk over the various costs and work up some deal for $12 million a year (basically 11.9 million for Kim’s pocket and the rest for a marginal household for Assad).
Then with a Syrian general in charge....the whole war will come to an end, with tens of thousands returning weekly. Donald will come out and offer billions for the rebuilding of Syria, but only if they use Syrian or US companies...NOT EU players. A year later, some Syrian town erects a Trump-statue, and names the main avenue Trump-plaza.
maybe he wants to make Kim a deal for his (soon to be disposed of?) nukes.
Maybe Assad is seeking asylum. LOL.
Assad gets the hand me downs. He supposedly got Iraq’s WMDs. Maybe he wants some of the NK nukes.
Maybe he wants to buy a nuke?
“The precise purpose of his trip is unclear, as is the timing. “
“So what made Assad so eager to go there?”
We may never really know, but you can bet he’s up to no good.