2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDo we support the invasion of Syria to depose of Assad?
Is sending American troops into Syria to stop Assad from killing his own people an option here?
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)I do not think even the State Department understands the situation well enough to make an informed decision on which side, or combination of sides, to take.
The US should focus on negotiating a cease fire. Not invading, bombing or arming anyone.
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Downwinder
(12,869 posts)the World's Police Force.
our meddling in the Middle East for decades have created these problems and destroyed millions of lives.
speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)unless there is a clear plan to get in and get out.
We're not going to win hearts and minds in that area in the near future, or make it safe for a gas pipeline.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)Unfortunately, dictators killing their own people is how dictators stay in power. Usually it comes in the form of midnight arrests by the secret police, then torture and execution. Sometimes the killing comes out in the open like Assad's father in 1982 when an estimated 10,000 were killed in Hama when people rebelled against the dictator.