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Posted on 12/02/2024 2:01:47 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s31jNrsa7lQ
Chuck is a former US Army Ranger and experienced war correspondent.
I’d support him enough to keep the war going on.
Picture Lurch shaking his head and going, “ooooooohhhhhh”
“Looks like the US is effectively supporting Assad”
That would be easier to believe if Assad didn’t want us OUT of Syria.
None of our busniess. It should be, I will leave you alone but if you mess with America, or Americans, I will pound you into dust.
Not a fan of Chuck. I watched his videos for a while but he said too many things that lead me to believe he definitely had an agenda, beyond informing people. Not sure what the agenda was but he said too many things too many times that just were too wrong to be simply off base by accident.
War makes strange bedfellows
The problem with Syria is that there is no good side to support.
Assad is backed by Iran and the Russians.
Much of the opposition are Islamists (Al Qaeda, ISIS, etc).
Chuck appears to be very confused (and not just about this event, he struggled through the entire video). The Iran-backed Hashd al Shaabi militia we are attacking are going into Syria to SUPPORT Assad, not oppose him. We are bombing them not because we support overthrowing Assad (we do), but because this same militia on occasion attacks US forces. Hashd al Shaabi, aka PMU, passing anywhere near our guys is a threat, and we don't want them establishing a presence in the area we have troops stationed.
We finance EVERYONE in the region! The trick is going to be able to continue to arm all sides and produce those bloated MIC profits after it’s proven to be overpriced junk in Ukraine and here in Syria.
If you’ve got the money, you can go to the track and hit the “all” button on every race. You always pick a winner!
Can we arm both sides and just protect the Christians?
You aren’t part of us, troll!
Never should there be one drop of American blood shed for Syria.
We were allied with Stalin during WWII. So if Assad falls from power, radical Islamists will seize power. Their government will be like the Taliban in Afghanistan.
My first trip to Syria was in the early 70s. Clean and open type of society. Women wore western apparel.
Great outside cafes.
So the U.S. is hitting Iranian proxies?
Quite the opposite
Last I read we were killing Iraqi shia who entered Syria to fight sunni islamist radicals ( think al-Qaeda and worse) who are being termed as “ rebels” vs the elected Assad govt and Syrian army. Essentially we are clearing the way for an islamist caliphate in the belief this will contain the expansion of Iran/shia.
We have no real morally justifiable reason to be in Syria much less killing people who do not want to live under an al-Qaeda regime and trying to use kurds as a proxy.
Imho.
Who Are the Rebels Leading the Offensive in Syria?
The group now advancing, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says it wants to replace the Assad government with one inspired by Islamic principles.
Mr. al-Assad’s international backers, including Russia, Iran and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, are weakened, distracted by wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, making it an opportune moment for the Syrian rebels to attack.
Analysts said the rebels needed at least a tacit go-ahead from Turkey, which has been frustrated that talks with Mr. al-Assad about the return of Syrian refugees in Turkey have stalled. Looking for leverage in negotiations and perhaps territory to push refugees into, the analysts said, Turkey most likely encouraged the rebels to move.
https://archive.ph/6oaxw#selection-4561.0-4565.133
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