Whether one agreed with the initial 2003 "liberation of Iraq", once we got there, support the troops. Syria has been designated as a state-sponsor of terrorism since 1979:
US Judge Rules Assad Helped Al-Qaeda Kill Americans
A district court judge ruled the Syrian regime — and specifically its ruler, President Bashar al-Assad — are liable for the murders of three Americans by al-Qaeda because of the regime’s massive support for the terrorist group’s branch in Iraq.
In addition to those three Americans, tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers, Iraqis and others have been killed or injured due to Assad’s sponsorship of al-Qaeda and other jihadists.
The lawsuit was filed by the families of Laurence Michael Foley, a U.S. diplomat in Jordan assassinated by al-Qaeda in 2002; Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, killed in Iraq in 2004 and Pvt. Kristian Menchacha, who was killed in Iraq in 2006.
Read more at: https://clarionproject.org/us-judge-rules-assad-helped-al-qaeda-kill-americans/
Insurgents, terrorists launched attacks on US troops and other members of the coalition from Syria, terrorists had camps in Syria.
Too much suggests it was a popular revolution and not just the USA in my opinion.
Also, if Assad is the protector of Christians and other minorities, you could have fooled me. ISIS routed them.
Not only that, some studies and it does make sense, reading about it, shows most refugees were in fact, fleeing Assad and not ISIS so much.
I will post articles per pros and cons on Assad, not that I necessarily agree with the message of the articles.
Unpopular leader, is only in there because the Russians and Iranians propped him up. Not his own people.
So, refugees flood Europe from Syria, yes, it is the West's problem.
In fact, a lot of analysts would say that war is more like 20-25 years old.
3/3rds, let's hope so.
Comparatively, the area occupied by Syria is slightly larger than the state of North Dakota.
https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Syria-LOCATION-SIZE-AND-EXTENT.html
Pretty small for the country to get the kind of beating it did.
Also, Bush almost expanded the war into Syria. Bush has been quiet on foreign affairs basically since leaving office but he has made clear his displeasure of Assad.
Israel routinely carries out airstrikes on Syria. That may be Israel's business of which we shouldn't get involved but still tells me something. They don't like him either.
And lastly, our allies, the SDF, the forces we backed with coalition airstrikes, we together beat ISIS, the Russians and Regime and Iranians probably contributed much, much less to that effort. They were busy fighting off other adversaries.
Size of North Dakota, war has gone on for 7 years? That's blameable on Obama? Also, Trump has struck them 2 times. Probably half a million killed?
Just adding on both sides of the story.