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In reply to the discussion: Guys, what the fuck is the pushback against tangling with Syria? The line. They crossed THE LINE. [View all]kenny blankenship
(15,689 posts)So rather than let the situation be resolved, we'll put our thumb on the scale, and probably just enough to help it continue.
Either side winning results in a bad situation from the pov of US policymakers.
Syria after Assad: probably your next Al Qaeda bedroom community and vacation destination. But we'll have stripped away the country that was Iran's traditional regional ally prior to our loss of Iraq. So we get to enjoy some payback for losing Iraq and can set up Iran for the kill. Yay! Al Qaeda types running Syria? Hey, let next decade's problems be next decade's problems!
Syria w Assad: Continues to be the sponsor of Hezbollah in Lebanon, along with Iran - and that's Bad For Israel®
So like the First Gulf War between Iraq and Iran, which had the unintended but pleasant effect of splitting OPEC solidarity and dropping the price of oil, and the other pleasant side effect of killing over a million people we don't particularly care for, we will intervene in Syria in order to keep the conflict on a boil.
Or I don't know, maybe we will push Assad out, going all in for our bestest bud, one more time. I'd like to know what we get for that, though.