Quote (ofthevoid @ Mar 4 2022 10:43am)
The gassing accusation happened when he was winning the war, when Russia and the Iranian militias started swinging their military dicks in Syria and it was very clear the rebels are going to lose. It makes no sense for him to use chemical weapons when the west very specifically said they'd step in if he does. Like if you logically think about it he had little to nothing to gain from using and a ton to lose. To this day, a lot of sources are disputing that the Assad regime was the one that actually used them.
I don't say this to defend Assad, I say this to make the point that these are never black and white something like WW2 was.
winning the war with an inevitable insurgency and constant rebel uprisings*
he wasnt a week from Syrian peace, whether he dropped the gas or not. peace comes from the obliteration of the rebels and their families, or at the least a massive show of force to scare people from openly rebelling.
i'm still not sure if Assad was the gas dropper or not, but lets not act like he had zero motive. Obama ignored the redline, the US was in the midst of a passage of regimes, so the west's call to step in with Russia already at his back cant be taken at face value.
comparing Obama/Trump to hitler is stupid, using a sardonic comparison of Assad and Hitler isnt a poor analogy at all.
This post was edited by thesnipa on Mar 4 2022 10:00am