07-08-2015, 01:15 AM
I'm punchy tonight.
You've got me imagining Putin and Assad, two strange fellows indeed, in bed together, with a tall hairy Iranian dude and a skinny little Chinese guy standing guard at the door.
I wish I'd had a chance to visit Damascus; always wanted to. I hope the city, and the country for that matter, can someday soon get back to where it once belonged. Syria's a fucking mess, to state the blatantly obvious.
Personally, I think the U.S. would be smarter to align with Assad to fight IS, Al Nusra, et all ...and stabilize the country under the existing secular regime. Then, deal with the real and/or perceived peace-time and war-time atrocities of Assad's rule. But, that would take swallowing a lot of pride and handing Assad and Putin a gloating opportunity. It won't happen soon, if ever.
Syrians weren't being killed before they "Sprang". They lived side by side, all different religions, in the most stable Middle Eastern country.
I think the U.S.'s/ Obama's support of the Arab Springs turned out to cheering for losers (at least in the short term); I hear you on that. While I don't think we/ he incited them, we sure don't seem to have anticipated what came after Spring time.
You've got me imagining Putin and Assad, two strange fellows indeed, in bed together, with a tall hairy Iranian dude and a skinny little Chinese guy standing guard at the door.
I wish I'd had a chance to visit Damascus; always wanted to. I hope the city, and the country for that matter, can someday soon get back to where it once belonged. Syria's a fucking mess, to state the blatantly obvious.
Personally, I think the U.S. would be smarter to align with Assad to fight IS, Al Nusra, et all ...and stabilize the country under the existing secular regime. Then, deal with the real and/or perceived peace-time and war-time atrocities of Assad's rule. But, that would take swallowing a lot of pride and handing Assad and Putin a gloating opportunity. It won't happen soon, if ever.
Syrians weren't being killed before they "Sprang". They lived side by side, all different religions, in the most stable Middle Eastern country.
I think the U.S.'s/ Obama's support of the Arab Springs turned out to cheering for losers (at least in the short term); I hear you on that. While I don't think we/ he incited them, we sure don't seem to have anticipated what came after Spring time.