POTUS statement on Syria

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6. That is exactly the thinking in Tel Aviv, Riyadh, and DC that fueled this civil war.

But, what of Syria, if the Ba'ath party were removed? What happens to the minority Shi'ia Allawi who make up the regime, and have survived because of it? Do we let the Sunnis "dismantle" them, too, as they have tried repeatedly to do? Have you ever heard of "the long campaign of terror" by Saudi-backed Sunni militants against the Shi'a dominated government? I gather you haven't - the corporate media isn't giving you that side of the story. See,

Terrorism in Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From 1976 to 1982, Sunni Islamists fought the Ba'ath Party-controlled government of Syria in what has been called "long campaign of terror". Islamists attacked ...

Have you heard anything at all -- bet you haven't -- about the persecution of the Shi'ia Allawites before they took power in a 1964 coup?

Under the Ottoman Empire they were ill treated,[21] and they resisted an attempt to convert them to Sunni Islam.[22] They revolted against the Ottomans on several occasions, and maintained virtual autonomy in their mountains.[23] T. E. Lawrence wrote: "The sect, vital in itself, was clannish in feeling and politics. One Nosairi would not betray another, and would hardly not betray an unbeliever."[24] In the early part of the 20th century, the Sunnis sat on the wealth and dominated politics, while Alawites lived as poor peasants.[25][26]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alawi

Aren't you really saying by that, we should dismantle Syria and the Shi'ia? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and just assume that your comment was spoken in the vacuum of ignorance of history.