The original neocon plan was a series of dominos to lead up to the toppling of Iran. The pacification of Iraq would enable the invasion of Syria, which would allow the complete encirclement of Iran.
This plan failed when Iraq devolved into a quagmire, but the neo-cons spent the entire Iraq War blaming Syria (and Iran) for the insurgency.
That makes even more sense: he must be evil because he defied neocon expectations.
TV said he's bad, therefore he must die.
Same logic with CHYNA. CNN man says China bad, ergo it needs to be nuked.
TV said he's bad, therefore he must ~~die~~ go
:wolf-blitzer: Assad must go!
Who must go?
[Wolf Blitzer has died of a stroke]
ha ha ha!
His friendly relationship with Russia certainly plays a role
That makes sense. Outside of the West he seemed like a weak throne-warmer, but to read some of their old tweets, here he's a cross between a hitlerian psychopath and a villainous cartoon mastermind.
death drive
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