why exactly are we against Assad?
I keep finding myself saying, “if the resistance in Syria is Muslim, I’m not interested in getting involved. I’ll take a secular despot over muslims any day. As we learned with the Nazis, secularists don’t blow themselves up.
Thanks.
Our current policy is ca-razy. Can’t wait for Trump to step in and put an end to the chaos.
Quadaffi and Saddam were not the same, IMHO. Quadaffi posed absolutely no threat to US national security. He was neutered, and even surrendered any equipment involved with his fledgling WMD program to the US, during Bush’s term.
Saddam has Al Quaeda training in northern Iraq, he was responsible for a plot to kill Bush senior, had a history of manufacturing and using chemical weapons, was attempting to start a nuclear program, and was denying UN arms inspectors access to sites where they suspected WMD research was occurring.
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>>The same reason we were against... "We have no opinion on your Arab-Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960s, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America." |
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Possible contributing factor is that Assad was always an ally with Russia. After USA took out Leadership in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Russia did nothing, a policy was developed to take out all the regimes that had allied with Russia during the cold war.
In addition, Saudi Arabia wants Assad gone. And of course, there is also the pipeline - not just about profit either. Consider that Europe is very dependent upon fossil fuels from Russia-so there's always that to ponder.
I very much fear that the policies followed by the major powers including NATO and Russia have unleashed forces that are out of control, and will be hard deal with. Pandora's box has been opened, and putting the forces back in the box near impossible.