Well, you might be right, but then again you think the U.S/U.K/France and Russia have been intervening overseas because they like to?lol No, its out of necessity and protecting our interests/citizens globally. If you want to depends on others to protect you abroad, then nobody should complain. We do everything we can to protect our interests/citizens by all means necessary, others can criticize us for that and make conspiracy theories about that, we don't care, let them carry on.
So every power has to use any means to protect its interests since no other country will do that for you.
Another recent example is the recent terrorists hostage taking in Mali where your citizens and other nations citizens were killed.
Russian, Chinese, US citizens die in Mali attack - RTÉ News
Its the U.S,France and Britain yet again that world is looking towards for leadership and they are the ones whose forces are deployed on the ground helping Malian soldiers.
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British troops support Mali training mission - News stories - GOV.UK
Mali crisis: 330 UK military personnel sent to West Africa - BBC News.
Dont forget that these groups Assad openly supported killed not just dozens/hundreds of American/British soldiers but also tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians.
This is something many people forget. lol
Well, you might be right, Its indeed true that Assad SEEMS to be a LESSER evil here(but an evil nevertheless. lol). Its not really because Assad is any better, its just that ISIS and other Islamic extremist/terrorists groups target virtually any country/power indiscriminately, Reason they have attracted so much media attention. Don't also forget Assad has tortured/killed thousands of his own people during his father's reign and his own reign a la monarchy. lol Plus Assad also supported these same terrorist/Islamist groups against U.S/British forces when we were trying to stabilize Iraq, he openly justified his support for these radical Islamic groups(Al Qaeda included) as Jihad against infidel invaders. lol The same slogan ISIS and other extremists group fighting his regime are now using against him today. call it Karma.
Iraq asked Syria's Assad to stop aiding 'jihadists': Former official | Middle East Eye
Syria's Financial Support for Jihad: Syrian Terrorism :: Middle East Quarterly
Has Damascus Stopped Supporting Terrorists? :: Middle East Quarterly
Its for this reason that i have no pity for Dictator Assad and his regime. But as you said for now, ISIS threatens our interests more than the butcher Assad, so guess its understandable we strike ISIS for now, and let Assad gain some ground. That's Geo politics anyway, sometimes have to dance/cooperate with the enemy for a while.
Nobody claimed Assad is good. But when force to choose between 2 evil. Assad looks like saint in these circumstances. Don't tell me both need to kill. That can only happen in an ideal world but in real reality one devil needs to be retained.I was just talking some sense to some members on here who seem to think Assad is/was a saint who has never caused any harm to anybody. lol I just want them to know(or remember) Assad himself supported these same Jihadists who have no turned against their former sponsor/Godfather.
No need to worry though, we are now against ISIS and other Islamist groups as well, since these groups target any nation irregardless of nationality and threaten our interests, at least Assad is smart enough to be suicidal in attacking/killing western civilians brutally like these Islamist do(since he knows that will mean the end of his regime if he did that. lol),but that still doesn't in any way makes him a good guy.
that's true i guess, but China is already fighting it's own terrorists in the Uighurs.To be honest, in this conflict, you are either in or out. Just like Russian found out, you cant be in between you have to get involved if you want to have any real impact/effect or just stay away from it altogether.
