[Opinion] The Assad family has a history of licking up to imperialists

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Well to be honest, France played a role in handing over Syria to the Alawite. Moreover the Alawite can be considered more moderate and closer to western values than the other Muslim Sunni groups in Syria or the Muslim brotherhood in Syria.

There is no such thing as western values. There are democratic, secular, conservative and progressive values all around the world. There are nations in the east which are more democratic/progressive than Western nations.