The anit-Assad boondoggle was equal part neo-con wet dream of "creative destruction" in the middle east, and gift to our Israeli "allies"(they will fight to the last American). We took a fully functioning, multi-confessional modern nation state and turned it into a deadly shit-hole for no real reason except that it was deemed that we could do so without consequence.

Well, the consequences for the US have not really been that stiff. Our European friends may have a different assessment. You're welcome.

Thank god this happened.