It's not like they exist NOW so the point is quite moot

Stalin defeated the third reich. Our involvement was a sideshow and more about keeping soviet expansionism in check afterwards. Is it your assertion that a nazi controlled Europe and west Asia would have been preferable?

I am not convinced a viable “free Syria” army ever existed and the whole insurrection was just a proxy war for Saudi backed Islamist extremists from the get go.

Bad analogy. Hess would be Isis, Assad is more like Stalin. A goon and thug, but a useful one for keeping the barbarians at bay. It’s not like there’s a “good guy” in this conflict.

The assertion that there are any moderate factions in Syria is laughable. Even if there were “moderates” don't win revolutions. Assad is absolutely the correct faction to back in this race to depravity that is the Syrian civil war as unlike the opposition he is willing to play ball with civilization.

So much irony. The vw owner probably thought they were going to be amongst the rarefied company of smug portlandian enviro weenies. Yet in this case the beast begins to devour its own

I know for a fact that with three 200 some odd lb guys inside a gem 1 will not go much over 80mph flat and level

I bought the wife a new 11 xB that we special ordered with a stick. Having spent many hours in both cars the second gen is far and away the better xB. Toyota fixed everything that was wrong with the gen1 without sacrificing one ounce of its extreme practicality. 50% more power, cruise control a taller final drive so…