Trump or Hillary as President, who else is petrified?

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So Assad, what is in it for the United States to remove Assad? Seems to be one point.

Syria controls Lebanon which in turn is the bastion of Hezbollah which is an enemy of Israel. Now by no means do I support that, we should condemn terrorism and slaughter no matter from whom, but that would certainly be one reason. There are geopolitical reasons for having Syria be a strong ally with the United States, just as Egypt's dictator Mubarak was backed throughout his 30 plus year reign. Having the support of Syria, and by extension Lebanon would actually cement near universal influence over the entire Middle East for the United States.