
Originally Posted by
reptoid
Lol... Syria is ruled by a despot, that much is common knowledge. You don't need to be Syrian to see what's going on there. Your stance is akin to that of Russia ie... The West condemns the actions of the Syrian government therefore Al-Assad must be a good guy because the West always has a secret agenda...blah, blah, blah. Sorry to break it to you, but Russia's support of a regime which brutalizes it's own people boils down to this.... a strategic naval port they'd like to hold onto.