polgara
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Assad is no different from Sadaam or Mubarak in that they all rule/ruled with an iron fist from a minority base without religious basis in a secular manner and protected religious minorities within their borders provided those religious minorities did not disrupt the regime or target others. It is why America was able to support such terrible people at various times throughout the last half-century and why there's trouble in their countries when America abandons support for them. Without the savage dictator holding down the religious zealots, all hell is breaking loose in these countries as the fanatics slaughter each other in the name of a loving, peaceful god.
For this reason, if for no other, America should keep it's military as far away as possible while they fight it out amongst themselves - you will get no credit for intervening and you will get all of the blame for anything that goes wrong.
Good evening, CJ! :2wave:
:agree: I don't understand those who feel we need to get involved. While I understand that when you make threats, you should be able to back them up, but nobody on this planet thinks that the US couldn't turn Syria into a sea of glass if we so chose to do so! We look like bullies picking on a weak kid, and that is no way to handle this problem, IMO. :thumbdown: No wonder our allies are not behind us this time!