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Trump doesn’t see the strategic advantage Russia gains by being on Europe’s southern flank. Or if he does, he doesn’t care.
Is this worth going to war over? Just asking?
obummer doesn’t kill fellow mus-scums as can be seem by our rules of engagement.
Trump sees nothing to be gained and has called for a safe area for Syrians.
If the ruskies want to play there so be it.
Not buying it. Obama just missed his opportunity to oust Assad and Putin has filled the vacuum and Assad is probably glad.
Syria is a secular dictatorship. Obama dislikes secular dictatorships in the middle east. He wants the Muslim Patriarchal Oligarchies to take over, that’s what Libya, Egypt and Syria were all about.
Heck, it could have been Bush s idea too when he went after Saddam Hussein.
The US government is heavily responsible for the current ME situation. By taking down Libya and attempting to overthrow Syria the US has created a vacuum for other powers to fill. The current refugee crisis is the result of US and our ‘allies’ destabilizing the region with NO viable end plan. The growing power of ISIS is one of those powers the vacuum has enabled. To associate a non-politician such as Trump with the events occurring in Syria is laughable....and desperate.
Well, Cliff Kincaid can't have that, now, can he, shill that he is.
Syria been a Russian Client state since 1960s. If Team Cruz is this ignorant of basic geo political facts, it suggest their candidate really is not ready for prime time.
Note to Cold War Warriors. The Cold War is over. We won.
Nonsense...
So do I.
Rank silliness. Russia is a supporter of the Baathist regime which, while admittedly pretty ruthless, is nonetheless a firmly secular government that defended the rights of Syria’s minority Christian population. Obama has been working to overthrow that government in favor of one composed of any combination of radical Islamists. These are clearly bent upon the destruction of the Christian minority. Further, most of Syria’s Christians are Orthodox and Russia has historically considered itself the defender of Christianity in the Middle East (in tandem with the French who have abandoned that role). This self understanding dates at least to time of the Empress Catherine II (the Great).
To be certain Putin wants to protect Russian national interests in the region. But he is also the only world leader doing anything in defense of the Christian population now facing genocide at the hands of these Saracen savages. If the West wants to complain then they should be prepared to to step up. Until then, I think the best thing we can do is to shut up and let the Russians handle things since we evidently have neither the desire nor intestinal fortitude to do what needs to be done.
They are hugely different.
Obama supports arming one side or the other (or a third) in Syria.
Trump supports a safe zone and let them kill each other with no one getting assistance from us.
I don’t want my kid dying for those beasts in Syria. Rand Paul was exactly right on this. There is no good side in Syria.
Its actually more complicated than the article suggests. Obama’s policy has been completely incoherent. His policy was to take down Assad, which primarily makes sense if your intent is to ramp up pressure on Iran by removing their only ally and window on the Med. But if you are going to give Iran a nuke, why do you need to remove Assad?
But Obama was backing the Turks and Qataris which means, until the whole head-chopping thing became too public and too embarrassing, he was backing ISIS. He isn’t backing the Russians, though, he has simply backed down in the face of Putin’s intervention and the public’s disinterest in going to war against Russia on behalf of people who are slaughtering Christians.
The article mentions that Putin isn’t really attacking Isis, he is attacking the anti-Assad rebels. It doesn’t mention that the anti-Assad rebels self-identify as Al Qaeda. Again, Obama’s policy is incoherent.
To remove Assad and replace him with someone civilized in that part of the world would require a clear-eyed, moral, and steady commander in chief which is something Obama will never be. Replacing him with Isis or Al Qaeda is about Obama’s speed, and he got caught. People have figured out the game and don’t want any part of it.
Cliff Kincaid is usually on the ball but take in MORE mohammaden “refugees”?
I’m sure the anti-Assad muslims are a lot better than the ISIS muslims. Let the Russians wipe them all out, its simply none of business and muslims can’t be trusted.