[Helicondelta]

Right. And the Christians are protected by our enemy (Assad). Very complicated I guess. Maybe somebody can remind me why we are trying to take down Assad.

[xzins]

Because he’s Shia and the Saudis are Sunni and they have some kind of oil or oil transport dispute with each other.

[rocksblues]

Probably because Syria wasn’t Islamic enough for Barry and HRC.

[HLPhat]

>>Maybe somebody can remind me why we are trying to take down Assad.

Well, once upon a time, when folks could still articulate the difference between the USSA and the USSR...

in 1971, under an agreement with President Hafez al-Assad, the Soviet Union was allowed to open its naval military base in Tartus,^[4][5] a facility the former Soviet republic continues to use to this day. 

http://www.google.com/#q=USSR+Assad

But, IMHO, the whole last century needs to be reviewed in the context of what Ike was trying to warn us about:

[Eisenhower’s “Military-Industrial Complex” Speech Origins and Significance]
US National Archives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y

And, I get the impression I'M not alone in that HO...

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Bush+voting+for+clinton

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=who+armed+isis

[lacrew]

“Maybe somebody can remind me why we are trying to take down Assad.”

Liberal logic:

Saddam Hussein posed no threat to our national security, and we had no business in Iraq...although he had vowed to harm us and had a documented use of chemical weapons and was working on a nuclear program...and had an Al Quaeda training camp in Iraq.

Assad was not openly calling for our destruction and was not thought to have advanced weapons programs...and was fighting ‘rebels’ who happened to be ISIS...so he is obviously a threat and must be removed.

Makes about as much sense as what we did in Libya.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Maybe somebody can remind me why we are trying to take down Assad.”

We The People aren’t. 0bama is. Aided by the Democrats and complicit RINOs in Congress!

We’re So Screwed.

[BeauBo]

“Maybe somebody can remind me why we are trying to take down Assad.”

Perhaps because the Saudis wanted it, in return for their large cash donations?