If middle east = stable: america = less war

less war = less war spending

yes and wouldn't it make sense to support the most stable option

assad himself

he has an established state

and is the most secular option

he also has pretty broad support in the nation as a whole

most of the rebel factions only have local support

in particular regions

not any national appeal

the biggest threat to middle eastern stability is probably iran

the islamic wave of terrorism essentially began with the islamic revolution in iran

much like the communist revolution, it is iran's self proclaimed duty to export the islamic revolution across the world

Islam > christianity and all other religions

The problem is that it is extremely difficult to tell the american public that they are going to support a infamous dictator and such

most of the negative press is straight propaganda

Btw, greatest threat is qatar

> but lets talk about how syria can be dealt

we should be more interested in maintaining the status quo

instead of continually shaking things up

How do we do that?

by not intervening

assad would have probably already won the war if we hadn't come in

We already have military and *pmcs* intervening already; what happens when we dip in these nations?

we've spent billions upon billions dropping bombs

total waste of money

the pmcs can do whatever they want

but the us government needs to stay out of it

ofc, but what happens when we remove them from the area?

*also we pay the pmcs with tax payer money*

not necessarily

Face it, we're stuck in the middle east: if we stay - it will be more years of crap, if we leave - hell will breaks loose and everything will be wasted

let russia deal with it, they're keen on it

So let russia expand its sphere of influence in the middle east?

Are you even an American?

obviously we've done a shit job at it and it's not economically worthwhile

their influence isn't worth as much as it used to be

we've revolutionized american oil production in the last 20 years

its costed us way more money than it has ever netted us

Thank bush; but now what will happen when we dip out of the middle east?

only one way to find out