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2/4/2014 7:27:53 AM
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I do feel sorry for the Syrians caught in this bloody mess, aside from the nasty civil war they have every superpower shoving their arm into the arena to try and play it to their advantage.
As batshit as it is, I want Assad to win. He might be a bastard/butcher or whatever, but at least he wasn't some religious feckwit hellbent on Jihad and annihilating the west to get 72 virgins in the afterlife. If the west gets involved and fights Al Qaeda, it will end up like Iraq and Afghanistan. A 'tactical redeployment' where we totally won and 'mission accomplished' and as soon as we pull out, they take over Fallujah and roflstomp the native armed forces. Again.
Uh... I haven't slept in a long time so this might all be incoherent. But anyway, that's my 2 cents.
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Agreed. The rebels have shown themselves to be capable of committing atrocities on par with that of the state.
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The extremists within the rebels, yeah.
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Personally, I think Assad is just a puppet for his family. He was a doctor in the UK, when he was suddenly thrust into power, which his family wanted but he inherited because he's the eldest son. I honestly feel like he's trying to be a good leader, but is ensnared by bureaucracy and corruption.
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A good leader by killing his own people? Explain.
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My point is that he's a puppet and has no real control over the government.
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So in essence, he's just a figurehead? Just a face to the government? I can see that argument being that I know his family does want to stay in power.
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It's just a theory. It just seems bizarre for a mild-mannered doctor to turn into a tyrant, when his family clearly wanted the power that he inherited.
