Speculative commentary on Assad, ISIS, and Western political inaction

Assad slaughtered 200,000 of his people including by using chemical weapons — and that wasn't enough to get the British parliament and Prime Minister Cameron or the American Congress and President Obama to act. ¢ Then, ISIS beheaded two journalists (not really a new practice in the Middle East) in front of the cameras — and within 48 hours the world was united against them. Better late than never, so we have little reason to complain about the result. However, there is something to learn about the superficiality of the decision-making processes in our world. Second: let's assume for a moment that ISIS is restrained in about a year (and hopefully — crushed) — who wins? ¢ The main winner is Assad, since the Coalition would have wiped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029364