The sectarian context in Syria involved the rule of a minority Shi’a-Alawite family—the Assad clan—over a Sunni majority. The reasonably large (10-15 percent of the population prior to the civil war) Christian minority made for an Alawite-Christian alliance of sorts against the Sunnis. The nature of this alliance, at least nominally, was that of secularism or pluralism against the threat of Sunni fundamentalism.
The harsh reality is that Syria has traded one evil for another. A country that once achieved stasis under a secular, but tyrannical, family is now under the control of an Islamist junta. A democratic vote is likely years away, for what that’s worth.
I guess the old adage; He’s a dirty bastard, but he’s our dirty bastard, still holds true. The Mossad and Clowns In America don’t really give a bloody sh*t about what will happen to the rest of the people left in Syria. Last time around when the HTS had power in an area, there was once again chattel slavery and enough rapage to go around for every jiihadist. Where are the delicate lefty/Marxist/socialist/communist/murderes who are always whining about slavery and exploitation to be seen and heard now? This looks just like a Lydia re-do.