Do you want The rebels in Syria to Win

[Gamerace]

This is a tricky question.

Without question Asad and the current government MUST be brought down. They are slaughtering their own people to the tune of tens of thousands AGAIN. (His father did the same thing). This is unequivocally unacceptable.

However, out of desperation the rebels have been forced to work with whomever is willing to fight Asad and that includes all sorts of extremists and possibly Al Quida. If they do win, then what happens? How do you form a government with groups with very desperate ideologies who's only commonality is fighting a brutal dictator?

The other factor shackling the US is that as bad as Asad is, he is an (backstabbing) ALLY of Isreal. Some would dispute that, but Syria and Isreal have been at peace for years under his rule. As long as he remains, peace remains. Syrians really hate Isreal. A truly democratic government might become an actual threat to Isreal.

So Obama is in a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situation here (plus the US military is already taxed being in Iraq and Afghanistan). Doing nothing is completely unacceptable and the US are looking like huge hypocrites for going into Iraq for 'made up' WMD and now ignoring Syria's blatant use of those same weapons (even Isreal has called the US out on this). But if they help overthrow Asad... who knows what happens then?

What is Right for the people of Syria is Asad must go. But is that Right for the US? Not so clear. Russia is also a big supporter of the Syrian government. There was a time the US backed Afghanistan rebels (including Osama Bin Laden ironically) just to mess up the Russians. But Russia is an Ally now. There's little to nothing for the US to gain trying to countermeasure the Russians (and Iran) who are supplying the Asad regime with weapons.

In short it's a messed up situation. But Asad still has to go.