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> Assad wants power and control over Syria, obviously

This is a President's prerrogative. Why is US preventing this to happen?

Syria's Constitution makes the country a single party system. Assad is a dictator. There's nothing democratic about its government. It's a family dictatorship. The people wanted their ouster, Assad refused to go and lit the stables on fire in a huge fuck you to the whole country.

The people elected recently a parlament that supports Assad, which was also elected by vote. I don't see a good reason given for US to go there, fund ISIS and screw half a dozen of countries.

How do people have fair elections in the middle of a war zone with a single political party as the option? The entire opposition boycotted the election. What is your point in even bringing up such a obvious sham of an election?

And which half a dozen countries are you talking about exactly, that aren't already screwed?

I'm a non-interventionist myself, but it isn't an absolute position. Accepting years long conflict isn't good for anyone either.

US elections are also totally biased, all media is bashing Trump and supporting Hillary. How do people have fair election there? Should China and Rússia intervene?

If that is the only reason, why isn't the US also acting against Saudi Arabia? It is a repressive monarchy.

Coming to think of it, the US resembles an oligarchy more than anything else. Perhaps Russia should start arming rebels in the US?

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