Pilot Fighter
Well-Known Member
What changed? Arab Spring, where every opposition group in every non-democratic Middle Eastern country was overtly or tacitly given the green light to start a civil war if they manage to utter the word "democracy".
Regime change at all costs and little consideration of likely outcomes.
Look at Gaddafi, when he finally did everything we wanted him to do and started appearing like a rational actor, we signed his death warrant and threw Libya into civil war.
As you pointed out, Syria had come a long way from from their misadventures in Lebanon and reckless provocations with Israel to become our ally in war. In the midst of a civil war our leaders just point and tell us he's "killing his own people"
- no he's not.
With regards to Iran, we are doing everything wrong and doing all the things that the religious crazies are accusing us of, aligning with the Sunnis at every opportunity. The Iranian military is patiently waiting to seize power and the US does everything that would generate popular support for the president and religious leaders.
Crazy.
