Putin bogging down in Syria...like Obama said he would.

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(12-14-2015, 06:58 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I wish they could handle a democratic and secular solution.  But that region just can't seem to handle that...   It would be nice to not have to support a dictator but it's all these people seem to understand.    When left to their own devices we get a mess.   Maybe someday they can handle a secular democratically elected gov.

Syria was pretty secular for a Middle Eastern nation. They just needed more democracy. You're really compromising your proclaimed values by stating that we need to back authoritarian governments because you believe this region cannot handle democracy.