agreed Richard....you notice how only just over 6 years ago, foreign tourists were flocking to Syria, the nation now led by " a madman" but who wasn't quite mad enough back then I suppose to deter sunbathers, over 9 million of them as a matter of fact, to see UNESCO world heritage sites and enjoy resorts on the Mediterranean ...a nation, quite modern and comparatively secular that yes, had ties to Russia, but more importantly, to Shia Iran...

so the madman, the dictator, somewhat unlike the democrats who run Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Emirates, and Kuwait had to go....

so back when the country was safe enough for women to travel through to see the sites, we figured it could be better if the dictator had a little less Persian-love in his heart...now, with the nation in ruins, we seem to believe that if he'd only had the good sense to see it our way 6 years ago, all of this brutality could have been avoided, madmen, what are ya gonna do