[dfwgator]

What about the Christian Syrian people.

[Rusty0604]

Exactly. They were better off under Assad.

[katana]

You mean the Syrian Christian community the Assad regime protected from the Muslim Brotherhood and other radical Sunni groups for the past fifty years? I've actually been to that country and did some business with Christians in Aleppo and Damascus.

The Assads, themselves part of a minority sect hated by the Sunnis, have ruled through brute force for decades. But their success till now also stemmed from protecting the business interests in the country, which are (were) mostly Maronite, Assyrian, and Armenian Christian. All the Levantine Arab states are artificially slapped together, by the Europeans following WWI, quilt works of minority ethnic and religious groups. And the Assad's have survived and ruled by assembling together all the minor players together to keep the largest group, Sunni Muslims, in check.

[Paulie]

“What about the Christian Syrian people.”

My thoughts exactly.

Will any reporters ask that question to the President? Will we ever get an answer?

[T-Bone Texan]

"What about the Christian Syrian people."

Exactly.

That should be the first thought of any FReeper upon reading the title.

Life does not have to be complicated.