I don't know if it's a good idea to be friends with somebody who throws cluster-bombs into residential areas.

Artillery shot at the three motorbike Hamas people driving by the UN school consists of thousand pound cluster bombs. We are friends with Israel despite their rowdy ways so we can at least partner with Assad attacks on Isis. Yes, Assad is creepy. But so are we, so is Israel. Let's be realistic here.

Seriously

Why would the sarin gas nut trust us?

Agent Orange, depleted uranium?
We are so trustworthy. Canonize all of us.

He doesn't need to trust us. We gave Saddam Hussein photos of Iranian soldiers so he could gas them. We can similarly supply photos to Assad. And intelligence and air support against Isis.

NOT

We did not want either side in the Iraq Iran war to win. So when Iraq would get a lead we helped Iran. When Iran got ahead we helped Iraq. As a result they were bogged down in a protracted war keeping both weak. Our strategy caused a huge number of people to die, it kept both countries weak and distracted. That is exactly what we wanted. With luck we can get the same in Syria. Sure it will cause huge numbers to die but compared to our need to maintain control over middle-eastern oil, that's hunky dory with us. Which do you fear more - another million people dead or gas fifty cents more expensive? Obviously the US chooses cheaper oil. And Isis might actually kill someone in the US so helping Syria is a no brainer (assuming our international politics values).

If he wants to get Isis out.

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Cash in your savings, jump on a plane and head on over.


Let us know how it goes.

That helped him present his case of "It's me of the terrorists." As long as a moderate opposition alternative existed, he considered that a much greater threat to his hereditary rule than a few fanatic fundamentalists.

He has very recently seemed to have realized the threat poised by the group that he ignored for so long.

We partner with Saudi who suppress freedoms like few others....so why not?