>Well this seems like a fun thread
nope, this is a thread about politics
It's easier to install a sock puppet government, when they know that their masters could just switch sides.
The USA doesn't only support the Al-Nusra /FSA / Al-Quaida, they support ISIS too.
Assad doesn't want a Saudi Pipeline, Assad doesn't follow every single command from the USA and Assad talks to Iran - this is not accaptable for the USA. This is not a sock puppet.
We have 5 years of war now and you still think that the USA has no own interests in Syria?