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Bear-BaitingThe following is not entirely clear: the US enemies Al-Qaeda and the Taliban fought against the Assad regime. So they must have been Assad's allies. However, the US did not support the Assad regime in the same way. What then did they really want?
The following is not entirely clear: the US enemies Al-Qaeda and the Taliban fought against the Assad regime. So they must have been Assad's allies. However, the US did not support the Assad regime in the same way. What then did they really want?
Bear-Baiting
Their nostalgia for the Cold War hatred of Russia, Assad's ally.
(COMMENT)Just emotion? Without political goals?
The Great Game's Players Are Over the Hill But Refuse to RetireJust emotion? Without political goals?
Lesson Not Learned: The South Vietnamese Were Cowards, Crooks, and CollaboratorsRE: What were the US goals in Syria?
SUBTOPIC: Objectives
※→ rupol2000, The Sage of Main Street, et al,
(COMMENT)
I am not sure that there ever was a political or military intent specifically for US Forces in Syria. It appeared to be mission creep. I think it was a case of hot pursuit, by Special Forces, training and equipping friendly forces, along the way, to form resistance movements to seek out and engage DAESH (The Islamic State operating in Iraq and the Levant). The hope being to attrite and deteriorate DAESH to the point that it was beyond restoration by the same radical leadership that swept through Iraq.
It was (apparently in my eyes as a layman) one of those mystically generated actions → with an underdeveloped and unfinished operational intent that rolled over from one administration to another → incomplete before the transition and not understood by the new administration.
Just My Thoughts,
Most Respectfully,
R
(COMMENT)I was responding to the demonizing of Assad,
RE: What were the US goals in Syria?
SUBTOPIC: Objectives
※→ rupol2000, The Sage of Main Street, et al,
(COMMENT)
I am not sure that there ever was a political or military intent specifically for US Forces in Syria. It appeared to be mission creep. I think it was a case of hot pursuit, by Special Forces, training and equipping friendly forces, along the way, to form resistance movements to seek out and engage DAESH (The Islamic State operating in Iraq and the Levant). The hope being to attrite and deteriorate DAESH to the point that it was beyond restoration by the same radical leadership that swept through Iraq.
It was (apparently in my eyes as a layman) one of those mystically generated actions → with an underdeveloped and unfinished operational intent that rolled over from one administration to another → incomplete before the transition and not understood by the new administration.
Just My Thoughts,
Most Respectfully,
R
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The following is not entirely clear: the US enemies Al-Qaeda and the Taliban fought against the Assad regime. So they must have been Assad's allies. However, the US did not support the Assad regime in the same way. What then did they really want?
www.theatlantic.com
Understanding Syria: From Pre-Civil War to Post-Assad
How drought, foreign meddling, and long-festering religious tensions created the tragically splintered Syria we know today.
The Atlantic = State agitprop."Soon after that, he was recruited from a teaching position at Harvard to work on the State Department’s Policy Planning staff in the Kennedy administration."
This suggests that it is a lie. I don't believe a single word of the left, so I won't read this.
The author loves Syria has been going there for 50 years. Of course you won't read it. You think you know all about Syria without going to Syria or studying it's history. It's very obvious you don't know. Understanding Syria: From Pre-Civil War to Post-Assad"Soon after that, he was recruited from a teaching position at Harvard to work on the State Department’s Policy Planning staff in the Kennedy administration."
This suggests that it is a lie. I don't believe a single word of the left, so I won't read this.
Highly respected for more than a 100 years. It's not Gateway Pundit. Understanding Syria: From Pre-Civil War to Post-AssadThe Atlantic = State agitprop.
I'm trying to draw conclusions based on the alignment of forces. The leftists secretly support the Wahhabis, help the Pashtuns destroy the Northern Alliance, all these forces apparently were on the side of ISIS. I wouldn't be surprised if I found out that they were secretly funding ISIS. Many experts believe that ISIS is working in the interests of the Wahhabis.Highly respected for more than a 100 years. It's not Gateway Pundit. Understanding Syria: From Pre-Civil War to Post-Assad
I lived with wahhabis. You a very ordinary idiot.I'm trying to draw conclusions based on the alignment of forces. The leftists secretly support the Wahhabis, help the Pashtuns destroy the Northern Alliance, all these forces apparently were on the side of ISIS. I wouldn't be surprised if I found out that they were secretly funding ISIS. Many experts believe that ISIS is working in the interests of the Wahhabis.
In Iran, they had a similar policy: they supported the Islamic revolution.
If this were not the case, they would have supported Assad.
