“” “” Why this century? Because you say so? The Lockerbie bombing and the Gaddafi-sponsored German disco and airport attacks occurred in the 80’s. American leaders did not hesitate to put Gaddafi down when the opportunity presented itself, despite his payment of reparations for the victims of his attacks.”” “”
Hmmm. Do you mean ‘activists’ attacking US over slavery might have a point?
Assad Jr obviously posed no threat to Israel aside from being unable to completely stop Hezbollah activity within his country. That’s a downside of freer regimes which Syria was. Based on a twisted DoS logic he is guilty ‘because leadership is responsible if something bad is going on in the country regardless’. That was one of arguments against Assad stating that the evidence of his forces using gas attacks are weak.
Now tell me how does weakening a regime improves a thing? Do they expect Assad to have better control over Hezbollah and Iran now or what? The question is purely rhetoric of course.
The government now relies on these entities and in no position to tell them what to do. In that sense good relations with Israel is in the end of priority list for Assad.
And if one thinks ‘democratic’ opposition is a better option I once again recommend to review the whole history of regime change starting with Shah of Iran.
“Do you mean ‘activists’ attacking US over slavery might have a point?”
Perhaps they would be more aptly directed to claim reparations from the descendants of the Norwegians, who took them from their homelands into slavery in the New World.
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/09/28/slave-trading-past-still-haunts-norway/
“Norway’s participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade is back to haunt the country, as an alliance of Caribbean nations seeks slavery reparations. Norway was a territory state under the Danish crown at that time, but Norwegians were strongly represented at all levels in the Danish-Norwegian slave trade from 1660 to 1806” (until the British (1807) and the Americans (1808) put an end to the trans-Atlantic slave trade).
Being a thrall of the Danes is no excuse.