Sounds like Ron Paul.
At least the first 3/4 of a RP speech until he goes all do unto others. IOW, the part that doesn't make me smack my forehead and wish he knew what a good stopping point was.
So once all the rebels and innocents are killed we can step in and help?
No. Once the rebels can form a cohesive governing body, make some strides, make a request for help, and can be vetted as not being worse than the guy they are trying to overthrow we can consider it. Going off all half cocked has worked so well for us lately.
I;m sure whatever gov't that emerges would suck, but right now it's not savages killing savages, it's savages with tanks and artillery killing innocents. Anyone that blasts one of them is doing a good deed.
So we should hand the tanks and artillery over to a different bunch of potentially even worse savages?
I dunno, after the last century I think that anyone who says "hey, that guy looks like Hitler in '34!" has a moral duty to obliterate same, just in case.
Right. Because Assad has a first class military machine at his disposal, has annexed his neighbors, and has started the systemic eradication of an entire race. He's not a pissant trying to stomp out insurrection, which may or may not be righteous. Not at all.