12-13-2016, 11:38 PM
(12-13-2016, 10:35 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: So, then why were the Americans, under the Obama administration supplying weaponry to the rebel factions? Seems to me that this is another example of a Nation that was undergoing turmoil, that did not need Western interference. We all saw how things came unglued when we got into the whole Iraq deal...
My understanding is that we got involved because of issues with the Hezbollah/Muslim Brotherhood affiliated Assad and his violations of human rights. At least that was the excuse. You know, 'Murica being the world's police.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
