[CondoleezzaProtege]

Unbelievable. So it’s ok to be Neo-Con and get stuck with the bill for empire so long as our allies are Iran, Hezbollah, Assad, and Putin?!

I just spent the evening hearing a pastor speak, he has been a missionary in Ukraine for the past 26 years with time in Russia in between...if he only knew how brainwashed so-called Americans were about Putin...and how deceived.

LORD, have mercy.

[GOPJ]

Let's say we committed twenty million to 'rebuilding' and by this I don't mean handing the money over to Syrian corrupt 'leaders' to be spent on mansions or 'bribe-ie speeches made by our military and political class...as 'thanks' for the help BS...

I see the effort as a way to maintain a small modicum of influence with the Syrian people. Working with Russians in Syria opens up pratical communication lines in the event there's a full scale war with Iran. In that situation we want Russia with us or neutral.

I have zero delusions about anything involved with the ME, or their home turf battles, or their 'word' or anything. We have no business even being there. Our total involvement beyond minimum 'self interest' should be to support Israel. Period.