We had best all come to the understanding that the Middle East was fucked up beyond repair when Bush took out Iraq. Once the cork was out of the bottle there is no putting anything back in.
We sat on our asses and watched the "Arab Spring" turn into a nightmare in too many places because these people seem to think that "democracy" means that the majority can kill the minority whenever it likes. Yes. Right now the Syrian 'rebels' are catching holy hell and history tells us that such is usually the fate of rebels who lose. But don't kid yourselves. Had the rebels won then Assad would have fled to Russia and the rebels would now merrily be wiping out the Alawites who supported him.
I don't blame Obama for not getting involved in Syria for 3 reasons. We had our own mess to clean up in Iraq. We couldn't tell who the good guys were or even if there were any. And finally, the country was not behind him for more foreign interventions.
We sat on our asses and watched the "Arab Spring" turn into a nightmare in too many places because these people seem to think that "democracy" means that the majority can kill the minority whenever it likes. Yes. Right now the Syrian 'rebels' are catching holy hell and history tells us that such is usually the fate of rebels who lose. But don't kid yourselves. Had the rebels won then Assad would have fled to Russia and the rebels would now merrily be wiping out the Alawites who supported him.
I don't blame Obama for not getting involved in Syria for 3 reasons. We had our own mess to clean up in Iraq. We couldn't tell who the good guys were or even if there were any. And finally, the country was not behind him for more foreign interventions.
