"unmitigated genocide by a heinous dictator,"
And I thought I was being overly dramatic using "sudden"
US Neo-con foreign policy has been to destabilize the ME so that no one could threaten Israel or nationalize their oil.
Iraq, Libya gone, next on the list, Syria. For years, CIA aiding any mercenaries that would attack Syria, while Saudi Arabia is supporting ISIS for Islamic sectarian reasons.
Syria ready to fall to ISIS and Obama says that US to commence bombing to finish Assad off. Russia, wanting it's seaport free of Islamic control, brokers a deal whereby Syria gives up it's chemical weapons (whoops, Libya did the same) so not to be bombed. Good deal for all, otherwise ISIS would control all of Syria now.
Blaming Syria for genocide is astoundingly silly, when considering the Sunni and Shia religious barbarism, compounded with US barbarism perpetrated in the ME under the banner of "helpful policing", this to me, is unmitigated hypocrisy.