Again, Assad can think whatever he wants. But he’s like every other tinpot dictator the world has ever seen. He’s got one primary goal, survival. To invite the wrath of the US, when you already have the war won, makes no sense. I know the Arab mindset, but Assad is no dummy.
I didn’t say he was a dummy. He is a survivalist, and he has no respect for human life, similarly to most of the Islamic world. Assad has brought attacks on himself by Israel for decades, all preventable, and in any of those you could ask for what rationale purpose. But the mind set is just hate driven and rationale doesn’t have anything to do with it.
If Assad just wanted to survive, why is he not still living in England with his British wife and kids, working as an optometrist?