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Originally Posted by Itse
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Stories like this are why I don't buy the "devil you know" argument on maintaining the status quo. The devil we know right now is a murderous psycopath dictator who has no problem murdering his own people, imprisoning them, enriching his family and setting half the continent on fire just to stay in power. He allowed russia to literally raze down cities under his watch. When I see people in Syria celebrating on the streets and ripping his statues down, I know that the devil needed to go.
Of course there is no guarantee that there is a long-term positive outcome for Syria. In fact, I will be surprised if it does play out like that. But Syrians at least deserve the chance to
try after getting a hard reset handed to them on a silver platter. Heck, the western world should be fully supporting them if it means millions of refugees can return home. I don't mean that to be interpreted as immigrants=bad and time to send them packing, but rather, those who cry about their country being "ruined" by refugees should at the very least be supportive of trying to build Syria back up to the nation people want to return home to.
Way to early to say if it will ever reach that stage, and like I said I will be surprised if it plays out that way. But Syrians deserve a chance to at least try.