At the local diner this a.m. I wasn't close enough to the tv to hear what was being said but it was reported there were resignations over Trump's decision to pull out of Syria. A top diplomat, maybe? And who else? It was resignationS.
Anyone know?
Mattis probably............others maybe........It is probably over the Kurds and FSA..........In Mattis resignation he stated his issues over NATO members......and allies..............NATO in the region would have to be Turkey...........which would lead me to think the idlib problem and FSA.............who's purpose was to overthrow Assad.........same as Turkey...............
However, since Trump took office the stategy of overthrowing Assad has changed..........and clearly the old goal was to remove Assad...........now you have remnants of forces there to overthrow Assad caught in the meat grinder of Syria in Idlib.........Turkey not wanting them........Syria not wanting them.....and tensions of a possible battle on the Turkish border over the remnants.........
Catch 22's all over the place in the quicksand of the Middle East where everyone one is fighting everyone there using Syria as the arena.................it's always been that way there for ages...........and the best laid plans have always failed there whether it was the British and French after the Ottoman Empire fell or now...................
Anyone who says they have the answers there to the nightmare of opposing sides is a fool..........because no one really knows how to escape the insanity of the region..........
To stay is insanity.......to leave is insanity.........back the kurds and piss off the Turks.......back the Turks and piss off the Kurds......
Honestly there is NO EXIT Strategy that has a snow balls chance in hell of succeeding.......History repeats itself.............