Syria got bombed quicker than you got your $2,000 checks
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If Assad survives being ousted maybe he should run for President in the US. He has a far better understanding of the opposition than any mainstream "conservative" in the US and would probably get more votes than Nikki Haley.
I always thought if we had really wanted out of the whole ISIS mess we'd have just gotten on the same page as Russia and it would have been over in half an hour.
The only difference I could ever find is they wanted Assad out and Russia didn't, and Democrats hate Russia anyway. Is Assad a perfect saint? Definitely not. But I haven't seen anything about him that convinces me it's worth my own country going half way across the world to run out. But the establishment clearly wants these wars, since it's taken them about a month to be right back in them. If they were running against an administration that was pro-war, they'd be right there condemning wars in the Middle East though.
Assad is literally a hero.
He was a doctor who was called in to lead the country by his family and overwhelmingly won the position in a democratic election.
Then, suddenly, foreign mercenaries flood into the state and start false flagging to gain international backing to be able to hold cities. At the same time ISIS floods in and begins claiming land.
During this clusterfuck he rallies the military, evacuates cities and creates a stable domestic zone with almost no terrorism and is able to continue the rule of law and government while providing for his people.
By all metrics a hero. Not just not a bad person, a literal hero of legend for his people.