Are Bashar al Assad and Vladimir Putin the good guys?

Bashar al Assad was an eye specialist in London with an English wife. He had no expectation whatever of succeeding his father in the Presidency , but an older brother unexpectedly died and Bashar inherited instead. I've no idea as to what kind of president he was before the Arab Spring, but he certainly didn't have the notoriety of Saddam Hussein and he did not persecute minorities such as Christians. What he's done since the revolution began is a different story. He knows that to lose is to die, and he's doing whatever he can to stay live - just as you and I would. His links with Putin are probably a mix of history, geography, geo-politics and economics.

No, Assad is a dictator that kill his own people. As I said befor, the war is not Assad vs ISIS, the real war is Assad vs the rebels, that want him out of power, inspired by the the arab spring. Assad inherit the power from his father, as ruthless as him, and people want changes, of course he doesn't want to release the power. The civil war is Assad vs the rebels, ISIS is just a third front in there, US support the rebels, not ISIS. There is a total war in there, Assad, rebels, ISIS, do you understand now why so many refugees? If it was Assad vs ISIS, probably everybody would support Assad, but the war is nos Assad vs ISIS, is Assad vs rebels.

This is not a James Bond movie. There are no "good guys" and "bad guys," there are just men doing what they have to do - or what they think they have to do. It could be as you say, but I doubt it. I don't know; we'll have to wait and see how it all unfolds.

I dont think you are confused, just more informed than most in the west.



" . . . And I hear maybe some people might accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist. I think militarization of conflicts pushed on by the Saudis, Qataris, and the United States are designed to stop the democratization of these countries. They want to stop genuine democratic forces from taking over and overthrowing these dictatorships."
-- SAMI RAMADANI, SOCIOLOGY SENIOR LECTURER, LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

No, al Assad and Putin are not the good guys, and the USA is not secretly trying to overthrow the government by fueling ISIS.

i DON'T THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO TELL THE GOOD GUYS FROM THE BAD GUYS OVER THERE,... thEY ALL SEEM LIKE NUT BAGS. Sorry didn't realize caps were on.