Because Assad was going to let a Qatar pipeline go through Syria in the first place? Hmm I wonder which foreign powers destabilized Syria and have been trying to overthrow the current government for close to 7 years now.
" On 1 June 2012, President Assad vowed to crush the anti-government uprising. On 12 June 2012, the UN for the first time officially proclaimed Syria to be in a state of civil war. " - Wikipedia
I am sorry but the conspiracy Theory that the US had anything to do with starting the Syrian conflict is simply not true.
You started this flamewar, took it into increasingly off topic politics, and (elsewhere) attacked another user personally. None of this is ok on HN and we ban accounts that do it, so please don't do it again.
wrong_variable|7 years ago
I am sorry but the conspiracy Theory that the US had anything to do with starting the Syrian conflict is simply not true.
dragonwriter|7 years ago
The US had a lot do with it, but by (among other things) bungling the occupation of Iraq, not by any deliberate policy.
dang|7 years ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mladenkovacevic|7 years ago