Assuming it was Assad who delivered it of course..
There has been a curious reluctance to remove dictators over the years and I know of one very good reason why AH was never taken out even though they had a British Commando Sniper Team team in the area of Schloss Adler ready to go. And that is, cynical or not, that he was worth far more to the Allied War effort alive than he was dead.
His known military incompetence and his consistent refusal to allow his generals to give ground for tactical reasons likely cost him the war.
Sometimes a leaderless country creates a vacuum that represents a greater danger I suppose. I'm quite sure that, having the means and opportunity the Western govts must have thought long and hard about the long term future of many despots. They sent a smart bomb through Qaddafi's bedroom window did they not?
There has been a curious reluctance to remove dictators over the years and I know of one very good reason why AH was never taken out even though they had a British Commando Sniper Team team in the area of Schloss Adler ready to go. And that is, cynical or not, that he was worth far more to the Allied War effort alive than he was dead.
His known military incompetence and his consistent refusal to allow his generals to give ground for tactical reasons likely cost him the war.
Sometimes a leaderless country creates a vacuum that represents a greater danger I suppose. I'm quite sure that, having the means and opportunity the Western govts must have thought long and hard about the long term future of many despots. They sent a smart bomb through Qaddafi's bedroom window did they not?
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