It is unlikely a Muslim heretic like the Alawite Assad would create a fundmental Sunni group like ISIS who would then target him, and his protected Kafir Christians that he has been protecting. - Tom
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The McCain types push that line to make people (they hope) sympathetic to ousting Assad. I have seen a few posters on here openly deny Assad’s regime protected the native religious minorities. The Ba’athists are secular dictators who view the Muslim brotherhood as their enemy - same as in Egypt.