Assad is not the enemy or monster we are led to believe but...

[Archer0915]

If you saw a couple of guys fighting, one pulled a knife and you had the ability to remove the knife from the fight without getting hurt, would you?

[Tahuyaman]

How does that support the thread title?

[donttread]

If you saw a couple of guys fighting, one pulled a knife and you had the ability to remove the knife from the fight without getting hurt, would you?

Need more info. I don't much believe in adults, at least sober ones, just fighting. So if the guy without the knife tried to bring harm to the other guy , I'd let him keep his knife.
As fof Asssad. Nobody's really quite as bad as our propaganda portrays them to be to justify our ongoing and up coming unjustifyable actions. Nor do we care until they cross us. Case in point our history with Saddam

[Archer0915]

How does that support the thread title?

The propaganda has made Assad out to be an evil murderous monster that supports terrorism. He is not! At one point he was considered a progressive and women had some rights in Syria.

Now, how the post relates to the title.

I do not believe Assad is the bad guy here but I do believe that there was a chemical attack. I believe we are trying to take the knife away but we really do not know who has it, we were wrong last time when Obama drew a line in the sand.

[Tahuyaman]

The propaganda has made Assad out to be an evil murderous monster that supports terrorism. He is not! At one point he was considered a progressive and women had some rights in Syria.

Now, how the post relates to the title.

I do not believe Assad is the bad guy here but I do believe that there was a chemical attack. I believe we are trying to take the knife away but we really do not know who has it, we were wrong last time when Obama drew a line in the sand.

It's not propoganda. Assad is a bad guy, but he's their bad guy and its not up to us to remove him and have him replaced with another bad guy.

[Archer0915]

It's not propoganda. Assad is a bad guy, but he's their bad guy and its not up to us to remove him and have him replaced with another bad guy.

Define their bad guy.

Women did not have to live like animals under Assad! Understand that Assad is the good guy to any of us that actually look at him and compare it to what is trying to take over.

But I agree not up to us.

[Tahuyaman]

Define their bad guy.

Women did not have to live like animals under Assad! Understand that Assad is the good guy to any of us that actually look at him and compare it to what is trying to take over.

But I agree not up to us.

Syria has not been a beacon of women's rights under Assad. However, he the Syrian people's problem, not ours.

[Archer0915]

Syria has not been a beacon of women's rights under Assad. However, he the Syrian people's problem, not ours.

Beacon? No but it was moving in the right direction until the Islamist started making trouble.

[birddog]

Didn't I see on the news that Assad's planes were leaving their base at the proper time to drop the gas?

[Archer0915]

Didn't I see on the news that Assad's planes were leaving their base at the proper time to drop the gas?

Planes left the base but... Assad is no idiot! I really looked at the maps and the location that was gassed. Well I do not believe Assad had anything to do with it! The area that was hit was not vital to anything. I can not see where it offered and tactical or strategic advantage.

Assad is smart (for real he has a brain) and this attack offered him no advantage. My theory is setup! Someone wanted it to look like Assad gassed people or they did hit a stockpile of nerve agent. I mean it was proven that he did not do the last gas attack.