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I'm not sure we are still doing that. Maybe, but Obama certainly did.
Trump's Second Foreign Policy Crisis: Syria
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I'm not sure we are still doing that. Maybe, but Obama certainly did.
President Trump already has Zelensky on notice. That war will be over very quickly.Trump's first foreign policy issue is going to be Ukraine.
His second issue, which may supplant Ukraine, is Syria.
Syria is crumbling. Assad may be gone before Trump is sworn in.
As the primary rebel force, Hyat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), has been enjoying recent success, other factional rebel groups have been cropping up like weeds.
The latest rebel group calls itself the Southern Operations Room.
Putin has abandoned Assad due to his preoccupation with the war in Ukraine.
Iran is also abandoning Syria as they are distracted by Israel.
1500 to 2000 Syrian troops have turned tail and entered Iraq.
Hezbollah has entered Syria to stem the tide of Syrian rebels who are now close enough to be a threat to Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
Once Assad falls, all of these rebel organizations are going to be fighting each other to fill the power vacuum, and we can be sure there will be vicious recriminations against anyone connected to the Assad regime.
HTS is the dominant rebel organization, but none of the factions can be considered anything close to moderate.
It's going to be a bloody mess, and Trump is going to have to get up to speed quickly.
Syrian rebels say Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus and claim to have captured capital – as it happened
Rebels say Damascus is ‘free’ of the ‘tyrant’ Bashar al-Assad after lightning advance across the countrywww.theguardian.com
Syria isn’t our problem. Let the Muslims fight each other, it’s what they are best at.
With the sleazy shit Biden does, it’s probably happening.
A week or two ago I Googled Biden's foreign policy track record, it didn't get a good report. This link appears purple on my browser, so it was part of my reading -
Evaluating Biden’s foreign policy legacy: Four years on, a world far more unsafe
In assessing the US foreign policy under Biden, while it is a struggle to find positives, three glaring negatives stand out that deepened global faultlines. Here's the what and the how.
indianexpress.com
Joe Biden entered the White House with two extraordinary qualifications that no other US president had had in the past 70 years — nearly 50 years of experience in government, and over a decade on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Yet, he is leaving behind a foreign policy legacy — perhaps also a first for a US President — of almost zero diplomacy.
You guys should have his track record in the media, if you can find an unbiased site. Seems in today's world everyone can find at least one link to support their views
The way it worked when Trump was in office. Read about it
Sticking our noses in there is what caused it in the first place.
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Trump has said it's none of our business. Just like I said.
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It didn't cause it but it certainly did nothing to improve it.
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Which has what to do with Syria?
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Which terrorists?
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Ah, so it was given to them by Obama and their Messiah, The Lord and Almighty Donald
The research group detailed 12 cases of weapons that were bought by the United States and ultimately ended up in the terrorist group’s possession.
The United States, under former President Obama, had provided rebel factions fighting the Assad regime with weapons through a covert CIA program that President Trump reportedly ended earlier this year. That program differed from the Pentagon’s train and equip program under Obama, which was focused solely on fighting ISIS.
The Trump administration in May, however, approved a plan to begin arming the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance in Syria made up of mostly Kurds and some Arab fighters, which has helped oust ISIS from its stronghold in Raqqa.
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The Middle East has been a hot mess since...well forever.
Obama took out a couple leaders in that area and tried to take out Assad, but failed.
Nothing unless ISIS or some other caliphate takes over
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If not for us, a lot of things would never have happened if not for wetsern interference.
No doubt trump is inheriting the world in complete chaos.Trump's first foreign policy issue is going to be Ukraine.
His second issue, which may supplant Ukraine, is Syria.
Syria is crumbling. Assad may be gone before Trump is sworn in.
As the primary rebel force, Hyat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), has been enjoying recent success, other factional rebel groups have been cropping up like weeds.
The latest rebel group calls itself the Southern Operations Room.
Putin has abandoned Assad due to his preoccupation with the war in Ukraine.
Iran is also abandoning Syria as they are distracted by Israel.
1500 to 2000 Syrian troops have turned tail and entered Iraq.
Hezbollah has entered Syria to stem the tide of Syrian rebels who are now close enough to be a threat to Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
Once Assad falls, all of these rebel organizations are going to be fighting each other to fill the power vacuum, and we can be sure there will be vicious recriminations against anyone connected to the Assad regime.
HTS is the dominant rebel organization, but none of the factions can be considered anything close to moderate.
It's going to be a bloody mess, and Trump is going to have to get up to speed quickly.
Syrian rebels say Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus and claim to have captured capital – as it happened
Rebels say Damascus is ‘free’ of the ‘tyrant’ Bashar al-Assad after lightning advance across the country
Xiden’s been so weak
The radical Sunni Muslims that want to overthrow Assad and install an Islamic Caliphate.
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