some of you people are joke really, your statements not only proves how ignorant about to topics you talk about and how far geographicaly and logicallly twoards middle east matters but not limitedd to.
1. there are no either secullar or so called moderate opposition in Syria, they all islamists one way or an other,
2. Asad and current government has a relatively secullar and westernized understanding,
3. you guys talk with big mouth when it comes to US foreign ppolicy, get your facts streight but before that you need better study it, unfortunately US government has it's best when it comes to shitting pretty every where a specially around middle east.
for the side note: take a look at "US middle east policy and it's affects on rize of islamism and islamist groups/carter doctrin" and it's results, you would see how how acttuallly whole this baloon created by American government's policy.
to sum it up, CIA was the father of islamists.
for you lazy basterds:
1. united states and the birth of islamism
https://www.theglobalist.com/united-...irth-islamism/
2. Washinton's secret history with Muslim brotherhood
Washington's Secret History with the Muslim Brotherhood | by Ian Johnson | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books
3. histtorical aproach
and so on
America's Devil's Game with Extremist Islam | Mother Jones
google is your buddy, typing afew words would do the job.
and look at this, Syrian official news agency, you may find out what are locals and their oficial government dealing with (it's English, your mother language)), videos also awailable:
Syrian Arab News Agency – S A N A
probabely most of you guys won't ever try reading the sources i've posted and keep going with those ssame rediculous arguments taken from mainstream media, but i hope they give some people a differant perspective.
and let me tell you something more, Middle east once was a better place