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Huh? Obama tried to stay clear of Syria. The damage was done by US in a round about way, the second Iraqi war and it's aftermath which left a huge power vaccum in the region, and killing many US troops and Iraqi and Afghani civilians. Which is exactly why Obama didn't want to get the US stuck in there.

Russia and Iran stepped in to enlarge their hegemony, and they put the Assad regime back in power.

So kindly blame Russia and Iran for this.

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> Obama tried to stay clear of Syria.

How does the supporting 'moderate rebels' figure into Obama's strategy of de-escalation in Syria?

But seriously - where did all the weapons -> anti-tank missiles etc pop up from? You had a bunch of protestors -> all of a sudden armed to the teeth...

This is Russia and Iran? Syria was already close to Russia and Iran economically / etc. Why would russia and iran arm the protestors?

The US is far far away. The US isn't (that) aligned with the idea of a muslim / islamic state / caliphate etc.

Again - be very interesting to trace where all these weapons popped up. I mean this was Russia arming them?

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