Donald Trump manages to be more sensible on Syria than Hilary

[abaris]

Not that it matters. He will lose decisively.

I hope so. And I hope that Hilary will lose the attitude, since what the West is doing in Syria is creating a second helping of Afghanistan. Putin is far more realistic in a cynical way. Backing Assad, from a western point of view, is the right thing to do, with all the unknown powers involved.

I can't believe I'm actually fighting Putin's corner here, but as an observer of Western Middle East policy since the soviet invasion in Afghanistan, I can only say, as long as there isn't a largely accepted secular faction standing against the Assad regime, it's better the devil you know, instead of creating yet another islamist paradise.