Assad seems to be a just as bad as Saddam was.

[edhopper]

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So why aren't the Neo Cons, Right Wing War Mongers and all the Chicken Hawks calling for an invasion of Syria?

[virgogal]

1. Ssshh ! They might hear you.

[1ProudAtheist]

2. But He Didn't

Put out a hit on Daddy.

[tabatha]

3. You might have missed it.

There are some that are.

However, war games by the US military since the days of Clinton have demonstrated that the US will never win a war against Iran - and Iran is running the show in Syria.

The ME has been fouled by the Iraq invasion - everything is seen through that filter of Iraq with often completely f**ed up views.

[Muskypundit]

4. There is not that much oil in Syria.

Which means the corporations aren't oiling the hinges for war.

[htuttle]

5. Probably not enough oil in Syria to cover the expected Congressional lobbying expenses

They figure all this stuff out with spreadsheets, you know. I'm sure they have it down pat by this point.

[SteveW]

6. Well, the Kurds might disagree...

but you ask a pertinent question. In fact, they probably do want another invasion, but seem to harbor desires to hit Iran instead.

PermaWar is the goal of the neocons because a war fills the bill as a "national emergency," justifying the functions of the Unitary Presidency: Abrogation of civil rights in the U.S.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

7. "Comparable to", maybe, but not "a thousand times worse".

I worry that a lot of DUers are reluctant to face up to how unpleasant Saddam was.

[hughee99]

8. Clearly not as bad as things in Darfur, though,

Because those who were calling for intervention in Darfur aren't calling for intervention in Syria.

[Egalitariat]

9. Hopefully they've learned these middle eastern countries need a strongarm dictator to keep from

unraveling into something that actually poses a threat to us.

After we're totally out of Iraq, we'll end up missing Saddam in a big way. Afghanistan too.

[provis99]

10. where's the oil in Syria? Oh right, there is none.

[The Genealogist]

12. This

About the only thing the Repukes/RWers/Corporatists wanted to liberate in Iraq was the oil.

[quaker bill]

11. Because we haven't sold / bought him WMD

as opposed to Saddam, where we did.

[quinnox]

13. Too busy trying to go to war with Iran

"Iran will attack us soon!" "Iran is worse than Hitler's Germany!"

Soon enough - "Do you want the proof to be a mushroom cloud over an American city?"

[bhikkhu]

14. Not defending Assad, but a refresher on Saddam might be good:

http://civilliberty.about.com/od/internationalhumanrights/p/saddam_hussein.htm

...the Dujail Massacre (148 villagers killed), the Barzani Clan Abductions (8k presumed dead), the al-Anfal Campaign (182k dead), the extermination of the Marsh Arabs (as many as 200k?)...and that's just the notable stuff, not even getting into the atrocities of the long Iran-Iraq war, or the doings of his notorious sons.