"There was nothing I saw in Al Bab in August 2012—still early days in the insurrection that is now halfway through its fourth year—that led me to feel that if the Syrian uprising toppled Assad, it would lead to an inclusive, minority-respecting, and more or less democratic outcome."
It doesn’t appear to me that the “moderates” are strong enough to topple Assad and even if they did, they wouldn’t be able to control the country.
Still assuming they’re “moderate” this would open the door for ISIS.
They only sell Westerners!
Those voices in Obama’s head ?
“There was nothing I saw in Al Bab in August 2012—still early days in the insurrection that is now halfway through its fourth year—that led me to feel that if the Syrian uprising toppled Assad, it would lead to an inclusive, minority-respecting, and more or less democratic outcome.”
THEY SAID THE EXACT SAME DAMNED THING ABOUT EGYPT A FEW YEARS EARLIER BEFORE THEY VOTED THE MOOSE-LIMB BROTHERHOOD INTO POWER, THANK GOD THE EGYPTIAN MILLITARY TOOK OUT THE TRASH....
The middle east revolutionaries see Democracy not as an END SOLUTION, but as a MEANS to VOTE SHaria LAW into effect, at which point there is not further elections!!!!
The revolutionaries will tell the westerners that “YES, we want democracy”, what they don’t say is that they only want it long enough to “Legitimize” their power into place then they never give up their power they gain....
We should be allying ourselves with Bashir Assad.
Our enemies are HIS enemies. And he protected Christians
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Same as the moderate Libyans, the moderate Egyptians, the moderate Hamas, and all the other “moderates” that Obama has been backing in hie Arab Spring Tour.
They are ALL Islamic extremists, some just have better publicity agents.
We should let ISIS win in Syria and Iraq, then we can feel better about killing the whole lot.