Why did Asad resist while Gadafi was so easily overthrown?

>>134918129
gadafi didnt have an army of loyalists and assad didnt have to fight against an obama funded terror group

>>134918129
Yes, Russia saved Assad. Iran also saved Assad at first but I bet they think that was pretty fucking dumb now. The only reason Gadaffi went down is because Killary and Obombya double crossed him.

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>>134918303
>assad didnt have to fight against an obama funded terror group

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>>134918303
>assad didnt have to fight against an obama funded terror group
Uhhh, anon?

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>>134918475
The Obama funded terror groups were fighting each other over being Obama funded.

>>134918129
Assad is super intelligent while Gaddafi was a moron who only got so far because of his stunning good looks.

>>134918129
1. france and britain publicly didn't support action in syria because of how they shitted up in libya so recently
2.assad has is part of an ethno-religious group, the alawites who know they have to keep him in power because they are a minority and if he gets ousted they know that the sunni majority is going to buttfuck them and take all their power and economic opportunity at the very least if not take more explicit revenge. gadaffi had no large=ish ethnic group who were bound to be on his side
3. russia had reason to help assad stay in power as a key ally in the region. gadaffi didn't have any allies woth a shit.

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>>134918129
Qaddafi thought he was safe. He said if they overthrew him MILLIONS of dumbshit niggers would cross the Mediterranean Sea and flood Europe. He didn't count on Merkel, Hilary, and Obama not giving a shit if Europe burns to the ground.

Also Lockerbie, paybacks a bitch motherfucker.

>>134918129
Assad is much more intelligent and likeable and someone that knows how to run a country.
Gadafi is insane and tried to partition switzerland after they arrested his son.

>>134918129
Assad didn't face a western bombing campaign. By the time Obongo was moving that way Putin got involved.

>>134918129
Gadafi was attacked by French while Assad was attacked by Americans.
We are more powerful

Gadaffi started working with the Bush administration and the West, so when they betrayed him he had no support

Assad wisely cultivated alliances with Russia / Iran / Hezbos and they supported him based on their shared interests

there is probably a lesson there

>>134918129

Gadafi was mad while Assad had an image of reasonable secular ruler