Some thoughts on the current situation in Syria...
Bashar Hafez al-Assad is an evil dictator who has oppressed his people for a long time, who in all his evil is little more than a puppet for the regime in Iran to be an antagonist to Israel. Assad has and still uses terror to try to keep his people under control. There is no "freedom of religion" in Syria - indeed, Christianity seriously oppressed.
Syria is dangerous. Syria is evil.
And then you have the ongoing "revolution" that is part of the so-called "Arab Spring" (along with the recent revolutions in Libya and Egypt). This revolution, though billed as an "uprising of the people", is actually an internationally-funded front by the Muslim Brotherhood. IF there is a group worse than Assad and his cronies, it would be the Muslim Brotherhood. And if we want a preview of what will come in Syria if the Muslim Brotherhood wins, just look to the Southwest... to Egypt.
Most Americans are relatively oblivious to what has come about in Egypt since the Muslim Brotherhood overthrew Hosni Mubarak (with US aid and lots of Taxpayer $$) You see, Mubarak was one of the more "friendly" Arab leaders towards Israel - a sort of "tolerance"-based relationship. Indeed, trade had picked up between the two nations.
Pre-overthrow Egypt saw Christians able to worship mostly openly with relatively isolated persecution, that coming from fringe radicals.
There was a degree of freedom in Egypt for the citizens (though nothing we here in the US would consider real "freedom"). Still, the country is more free than most of their heavily-Muslim controlled neighbors.
Along comes the US/Obama-backed Muslim Brotherhood.
Today in Egypt - women are brutalized int he streets. Christians are under very heavy persecution. Daily, Christian women and girls are kidnapped, raped, "married" to muslim men, then returned to their families where the family then must decide if they will allow that woman or girl back in the home. The radical version of Sharia Law now marks these women who are "marked" as now "Muslims", but rejects will bring with them into the home - a mark for death for the entire household. Conversion at the sword is "alive and well" in Egypt - thanks to the Muslim Brotherhood.
In addition, The Muslim Brotherhood-led Egyptian government is now openly supporting anti-Israeli groups/terrorists. They are moving up the Sinai Peninsula, carrying out terrorist attacks in what were peaceful Israeli tourist/resort towns.
So - what do we do? It is now looking like Assad has been using chemical weapons (WMDs) against the rebels and civilians. Our President drew a "red line" regarding Assad's actions - first was assaults in certain areas, then it was the use of chemical or biological weapons, now its.....????
Yet any support of the rebels - aka - the Muslim Brotherhood - only brings an even more Israel-hating, US-hating, women-hating, Sharia Law-using dictatorship that likely will pose an even bigger threat to us than the Assad regime.
It seems we are in a "no-win" situation, regardless of which side we might choose. So should we even get involved? I submit that we would be better off giving Israel the "green light" to handle it in the way that is most beneficial to their safety and security. After all, Syria is their neighbor. Who better knows what would be the "best course of action"? What I do know, the Muslim Brotherhood is NOT in their best interest as yet another neighbor.
And let us take a much more practical look. Can the US really afford to sponsor yet another terrorist front, when we are supposedly in a "War on Terror"? Further, can we afford the cost in tax dollars (borrowed from our unborn grandchildren)?
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