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On Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:14:56 -0400,
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 09:26:24 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

It's possible to take down Assad, especially if the Turks, who have
overwhelming air and ground power and troops in that part of the world,
but the flip side is...what then?

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If Assad is deposed it will create yet another power vacuum for ISIS
to occupy. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

That is true. I have a hard time thinking of a dictator we took down
in my lifetime that actually made the country better. Most immediately
had a civil war and in many cases ended up with another dictator who
was not as friendly to the US.