Without their involvement, Assad’s regime would most likely have remained repressive; with their involvement, Syria has become a site of mass death and destruction. More than 100,000 people have died, and many of the world’s cultural and archaeological treasures have been demolished.
这些政府在美国的领导下赤裸裸地寻求以暴力推翻巴沙尔。没有它们的介入，巴沙尔政权极有可能仍然会采取高压政策；有了它们的参与，叙利亚变成了大规模死亡和毁灭之地。超过10万人已经丧生，大量世界文化和考古财富被摧毁。