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					Originally Posted by taxwonk  It's easy for me to say, because I am thousands of miles away, and will stay safe, but between the two, I'd choose Assad for now. Once ISIS is dealt with, there will be a chance to take care of Assad. If they make the other choice, they will never dislodge ISIS. | 
	
 It appears that over the last year more people living there made the opposite choice. I think that choice had more to do with survival than Islam, myself.  Over the last few years, Assad's Syria has been a place where random barrels of gas explode, leaving everyone in a neighborhood to die a wretched death, and after a few years and over a 100,000 bodies, they may have been ready for any choice at all.