01-22-2017, 04:14 AM
(01-21-2017, 08:37 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I think they did come together pretty well, and have put up a brave fight. The proxy war was the problem; Assad had more long-standing and willing allies who actually intervened (Russia, Iran and its proxy terrorist groups); the freedom-fighters only had token material and financial support from the USA and some similar support from Turkey, the Gulf States and Europe, and allies in the fight from Al Nusra.
I see that you have, along with most Boomers currently, reached the "Make War, Not Love" stage of your life. It is pretty obvious that the anti-war principles of the hippies lasted until they were safely beyond military service age.
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If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises