Fucking idiot, no one in the US gave a shit when Iraq used chemical weapons against civilians and military targets against Iran, or against shia revolts, hell most were sold to them by euro/mercan MIC. But apparently invading Kuwait was the height of evil and we totally couldn't morally support Saddam after that heinous crime (lol). The whole "boohoo this evil dictator broke the Geneva convention and used chemical weapons, time to intervene" is just propaganda to sway public opinion. Only a complete moron with no understanding of politics would think this is anything more than an attempt to rubber stamp public approval to a decision that had already been made for much more practical and pragmatic reasons. Reasons I don't agree with, incidentally. As destabilizing as Assad is for the region, it's nothing compared to the chaos that's going to occur once he is gone. There's no unified "rebel" command or political structure, they are largely divided along religious and ethnic lines. What the fuck happens after Assad is gone? Who's going to be interim power while there's an "election" (lol), who is going to win that election, what will be their political platform, what constitution do you think all these disparate groups are actually going to agree on?
