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Disastrous for the rebels to win? Between their alliance with Russia and lifting criticism from U.S. and U.N. officials, I don't think any "western nation" will be in bed with the current Syrian regime after this flare up Since when does the proud American nation back dictatorships over [alleged] democracy anyway?There is no diplomatic neutrality...that is false. If you don't support the rebels, you are in essence supporting the regime.
Why support the regime? Look at Egypt. We need to support the side which is diplomatically strategic in our favor, and unfortunately, the result of the rebels winning would be disastrous for us as a nation.
I saw something on CNN the other day that got me thinking, we need to stay on Russia's good side, and they have good ties to Iran, who is a much larger threat. We really, for diplomatic reasons, need the regime to stay in power.
Appeasement would start an interesting discussion; I do believe history has shown it generally doesn't work. Nevertheless, the passive aggressive Russia seems to be backing down when the passive element becomes impossible: http://azstarnet.com/news/world/rus...cle_8d71060b-a07f-565a-8739-2744ceed3558.html