Quote Originally Posted by Dayuhan View Post
A "great opportunity" to do what, exactly... and when did this "opportunity" arise?
The same like in Libya, for example, and there was more than enough opportunity during 2012.

Perhaps even less: with enough money, weapons and supplies on hand, the insurgents could've finished the Assadist regime already by late 2012 - in turn preventing the spread of the ISIS. And even later on: as of early 2013 they were still advancing and by April last year the regime was really within weeks of collapse. Instead, the West did nothing, offering the regime - i.e. the IRGC - more than enough time to organize (Iranian) intervention.