Why does the government of the United States hate Syrian president Bashar al-Assad

[Aestu]

This is not true.

I will explain the situation to you with the example of internal situation of my country. You will be surprised to learn how many Pakistani [moderates] are disappointed by corruption in Pakistan and ridicule hypocrites among religious leaders. Some have even entertained the idea of recognizing Israel. Such sentiments do not get much publicity [however] due to different reasons that include concerns about personal safety, lack of interest in politics and personal factors. The moderates tend to harbor fear about a potential backlash from powerful corrupt and hypo-critic elements and therefore maintain low-profile about their political and religious views. Who would want to disrupt his peaceful life-style?

Sometimes, moderates participate in politics-driven protests [e.g. PTI-led dharna against corruption; longest in the history of Pakistan] but many would not dare to challenge extremist groups on their own because extremists tend to be united and are known to retaliate using violence.

Unfortunately, US foreign policy is not helping the cause of moderates either. Wars in Iraq and Libya have fueled extremist movements and US is not sincere about addressing these conflicts due to its business interests. US earns billions of dollars of revenue from selling arms.

Here: Islamic nations have become testing grounds for latest military equipment [unfortunately].

Yes, Muslims still believe in the ideology of brotherhood but it is not much in practice due to internal rifts and power-struggles.

Same difference compared to what he said.

We have a saying in the US: "Shit or get off the can."