A wary, weary West is leaving Syria in the butchers’ hands

[Pointedstick]

PS, you are living in a dream world.

I am? How so?

[murphy_p_t]

Why do we assume that Assad is the bad guy? Or Saddam Hussein the bad guy?

for example, consider the impact of overthrowing secular rulers in this part of the planet.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/ ... lim-world/

[RuralEngineer]

Why do we assume that Assad is the bad guy? Or Saddam Hussein the bad guy?

for example, consider the impact of overthrowing secular rulers in this part of the planet.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/ ... lim-world/

Why do we assume there is a good guy?  As near as I can tell, both sides suck pretty hard in Syria.  One side appears to be infiltrated by Islam fundamentalist terrorists and the other is a genocidal or borderline-genocidal dictator.  Pick the lesser evil there, I'll wait.

EDIT:  Maybe we could get the world cup match picking octopus to do it for us?  Did it die?  Did it have any siblings in captivity?

[dualstow]

EDIT:  Maybe we could get the world cup match picking octopus to do it for us?  Did it die?  Did it have any siblings in captivity?

Yup, Oskar died.

[Ad Orientem]

EDIT:  Maybe we could get the world cup match picking octopus to do it for us?  Did it die?  Did it have any siblings in captivity?

Yup, Oskar died.

[dualstow]

Oops sorry, his name was Paul.
Not sure where I came up with 'Oskar', lol.