Who can list all the reasons why the Global Elite want to invade Syria, and in the process thwart Russia? I'll just add a couple if I may. First of all the G.E. don't want Russia to have a naval base on the Meditteranean as they now do in Syria. The GE, largely influenced by Israel, would dearly love to be rid of an antagonistic muslim state on Israels northern border. You can bet your bippy that if we do go to war one of the goals will be to hand over more land to Israel. And of course the US would love to take over the naval port that Russia now has on the Med. Then there are oil pipelines that we want to control instead of Russia, and there is Oil too and of course there is the immediate benefit of pumping billions of dollars into GE approved construction companies to build air bases and dams and roads and all sorts of things in an occupied country just like what happened in Iraq. And then Israel would love a friendly presence (The US) to help defend against Iran. Oh, there are so many things. But of course the brain dead American public will march off to war to protect the world from evil empires (Russia and Syria) and to "protect our freedoms" and save the people of Syria from an evil Assad, and of course to spread democracy to the Middle East. Such insanity. But none of this would be possible were it not for an ignorant and willing public both here and in the EU. This ultimately is what allows for war to exist: people will march off to war if their leaders tell them to do so. Simple as that.