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To: Taro who wrote (735934)	8/30/2013 9:52:43 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580783

Saddam Hussein and Al Bashar Assad are virtually the same arch type. Torture dungeons, brutalization of the non-regime population. Its weird that Repubs and Dems have reversed their stands on this in such a short time. Neither country posed a direct threat to the USA when our government became actively intent on bringing them down. However, I supported the invasion of Iraq because of the heinous results of the sanctions after 10 years (500,000 innocent children under the age of five dead), and I supported it for the other legitimate reasons given at the time. So, why not Al Bashar Assad? * I don't believe the forces in the world have the fortitude to see such an operation through to a satisfactory outcome (constitutional government with protections for human rights). * It would not be enough to just cripple the regime. That would merely result in a regime change, which would probably empower a worse sort or tyrant when the Islamists assume control. * Russia and China have their own interests in seeing how this conflict is resolved, which are directly opposed to ours.