This is a regime that has killed 150,000 Arabs. Like his father Hafez, Bashar is ruthless and takes no prisoners. Its also the Arab way.
Sad to say but the good guy is winning...
So, in essence, Benghazi was for naught.
Assad is certainly an evil dictator. But as several have already said, the terrorists who have been trying to overthrow him are much worse. They are Muslim fanatics.
Assad is a monster and responsible for mass torture, mass starvation and he has the blood of tens of thousands of people on his hands. He’s on another level compared to the rebels, IMHO, and that’s saying a lot.
That said, the best outcome for Syria would probably be him winning, because it’s pretty clear the rebels are going to have a second civil war “Day 1 after Bashar falls”.
On top of that, al-Qaeda would then have their ‘revenge’ on minorities as basic services and economic activity collapse with the State.
Ugh.
And Assad is only allying himself with the Christians to shore up his rule, not because he gives a damn. The cold policy of a tyrant.
“gradually moving southward through the corridor between Damascus and Homs”
Homs - the home of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and not by accident the home of the “coalition” known as the so-called “Syrian opposition”.
It’s hell re-crossing all those Obama Red Lines.