“Assad is the good guy, as was Mubarak, and Kildaffi (since he got rid of his WMD and allied with the west fighting terrorists).”
Was Saddam also,then,a good guy? They certainly shared many things as pertains to ruling.....Hey! Tito could fit in too...
I'd say for the Arab world, he was par for the course.
“Was Saddam also,then,a good guy?”
Nope, but I could have traveled safely in Iraq when he was running things. I wouldn’t dare visit an ISIS area. And don’t forget, WE created, funded, and armed isis. We did it through Benghazi via Turkey.
In the last several years we have systematically replaced every bad regime there with a nightmarish one that owes fealty to the Saudis.
You are probably thinking of the elder Assad, Hafez. The current Assad has only been in power since 2000. While his human rights record has many black marks he nowhere even approaches Saddam, nor Iran, who is obama’s new b f f
the irony of obama embracing Iran and pursuing the downfall of the 3 times elected Assad with NO competent or proven alternative leadership, is going to be one for the history books someday
When it comes to the Arab world, there are 2 kinds of leaders: Bad or Worse. Assad is bad but the rebels are much, much worse.