We don’t need to be concerned with ousting Assad.
Millions of Christian Iraqis fled Iraqi to Syria during our war there. Many went to Syria because they knew Assad protected the Christians there.
Assad may not be a good leader in Syria but it can be a lot worse. Assad’s nation was being attacked. He responded. What would happen in the USA if people tried to overthrow the government?
Our governmental leaders seemed to think Assad was a pretty good guy at one time. I guess the propaganda turned against him and then we needed to overthrow him? Where did the need to overthrow Assad come from? Saudi Arabia? The CIA? Obama?
It wasn’t justified for us to overthrow the government of Libya when we did. I don’t believe it is justified for us to support the overthrow of Syria either.
Again, Assad protected the Christians in Syria. Maybe he wasn’t as crazy as some have made him out to be?
You're right but our policy has been FUBAR since the Shah was forced to leave Iran. Is Iran better off w/o the Shah? Is Iraq better off w/o Saddam, is Libya better off w/o Kaddaffi? We've screwed up the entire region and destabilized the world...for what?
What people know as Syria is gone. Completely gone. The country is now divided in half.
Been following this the best I can, and it’s Russia/Assad & US/FSA versus Al Qaeda/ISIS/jihadi groups. Wanna-be jihadis and supplies flowing through Turkey, and of course, Turkey doesn’t like the Kurdish FSA.
And yet we hear calls to attack Assad. I would go as far as to question whether Sunnis, driven from their homes from Assad’s bombing are really refugees? They are the majority and may have been supporting ISIS.
“Millions of Christian Iraqis fled Iraqi to Syria during our war there. Many went to Syria because they knew Assad protected the Christians there.”
The last time the US helped out Christians was in Lebanon during their civil war that lasted from 1975-1990. Within a couple a year of the 1983 bombings of the US embassy and the Marines barracks there, we abandoned them.
The District of Criminals is anti-Christian and has been since Bush 41.
“What would happen in the USA if people tried to overthrow the government?”
The Feds would mass kill 90 percent of the citizenry if need be in order for them to stay in power. Nukes need not be ruled out.
“Where did the need to overthrow Assad come from? Saudi Arabia? The CIA? Obama?”
It goes back to a natural gas pipeline deal that’s supposed to run from Saudi Arabia to Europe and it happens to run right through Syria. There’s also the need by the Saudis to destroy the growing Shia Crescent. Assad wasn’t having any of that and the rest is history.
“It wasn’t justified for us to overthrow the government of Libya when we did. I don’t believe it is justified for us to support the overthrow of Syria either.”
The reason why we overthrew Libya and had Gaddafi killed off was because he was planning to implement the pan-African dinar that was gold-backed. Oil trading would have been done in dinars and the US wasn’t having any of that so they got rid of Gaddafi.
The US wants all oil to be traded in US Dollars ONLY. Anyone going outside of that is dealt with very harshly. Now China has started a gold-backed Yuan. Now the US is trying to pick a fight with them. China, Russia and other countries are also working on creating the infrastructure to bypass the US and trade in currencies other than US Dollars.
I just found out yesterday that the US Navy’s Third Fleet (patrols the eastern half of the Pacific) is being ordered to Asian/west Pacific) where the 7th Fleet already is.
The current thinking is that something is going to happen most likely in August when Congress goes home for summer vacation. That way Obama can do as he pleases with the military and gets no flack or interference from Congress.
All I can say is get ready for WW3.