I just don't buy the idea that somehow the US is responsible for every fucking thing that happens in the world, Chuck.
The Alawites are a distinct minority in Syria...just as the Sunni's were a minority in Iraq. Yet they controlled majority populations. We took the cork out of the bottle in Iraq and there probably was some sort of spillover effect in neighboring Syria.
But I rather doubt that someone was sitting in a mud hut in Aleppo waiting for encouragement from Hillary Clinton.
The Alawites are a distinct minority in Syria...just as the Sunni's were a minority in Iraq. Yet they controlled majority populations. We took the cork out of the bottle in Iraq and there probably was some sort of spillover effect in neighboring Syria.
But I rather doubt that someone was sitting in a mud hut in Aleppo waiting for encouragement from Hillary Clinton.