Obama/Trump Back Russian Invasion of Syria

Accuracy in Media ^ | February 9, 2016 | Cliff Kincaid

[GodGunsGuts]

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There is no other way to describe it: the Obama policy is to let the Russian/Iranian/Hezbollah axis take over Syria. That is what the current battle for Aleppo is all about.

Times columnist Roger Cohen argues that "It is too late, as well as pure illusion, to expect significant change in Obama's Syria policy." But he proposes that Obama should at least increase the number of Syrian refugees taken in this year to 65,000, as opposed to his currently proposed 10,000. But letting in more refugees scares Americans who suspect that there will be terrorists among them.

Such a proposal plays into the hands of Donald Trump, who wants a moratorium on Muslim immigration, while supporting Russian aggression in Syria. "If Putin wants to go and knock the hell out of ISIS, I am all for it, 100 percent, and I can't understand how anybody would be against it," Trump said during the fourth Republican presidential debate.

As those who understood Russian strategy knew from the start, Putin's policy has been to "knock the hell out" of the anti-Assad rebels, not ISIS. No wonder Putin called Trump "bright and talented." The Russian president figures he would be able to manipulate a President Trump just as easily as he can have his way with Obama.

Yet it's Trump who throws around the word "pussy" at Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), one of his opponents in the Republican presidential campaign.

Like Obama, Trump supports Putin's military aggression in Syria. Unlike Obama, Trump wants to stop the additional refugees from coming in. So Trump looks like a tough guy with his anti-Muslim immigration policy, which is a consequence of his pro-Russian policy that generates the refugees in the first place. It is completely nonsensical.

Meanwhile, Senator Bernie Sanders...

[GodGunsGuts]

Kincaid is not advocating more refugees, he is saying that others are advocating for more refugees, whereas Trump is unwittingly siding with the very powers that are creating the refugee mess in the first place.

[escapefromboston]

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.

[AFreeBird]

Apparently you haven’t been paying attention for the last, oh, 40 or 50 or so YEARS. That’s how long Russia has been there!

Barry’s cheering them on, and Trump’s saying “We don’t need this crap right now”.

Unless you want us to go to war with Russia. Is that it?

[Eagles6]

Thank you. Misread it.

[elhombrelibre]

I’ve been paying attention and know of Russia’s involvement in Syria going back to the socialist monarch Assad’s father. You’re apparently the one confused if you think that what’s been happening lately is not an extreme change in the scale and scope of Russian involvement. And using your “go to war” line, you could give Putin a green light for anything he wants to do in the world, is that it?

[elhombrelibre]

I cannot help but think that Trump and Putin feel a kind of ideological kinship. They’re both narcissistic megalomaniacs. Trump is too ignorant of national security (never having had any classified briefings) to understand or know just what Putin’s been up to. He says he gets his foreign policy information from “the shows.” Well, that’s pretty deep! LOL. In Trump, we’d get another amateur dilettante more interested in personal aggrandizement than anything else.

[GodGunsGuts]

And let’s not forget, our would be Commander-in-Chief may potentially have a few conflicts of interest when it comes to Russia. So much for removing any conflicts of interest by self-funding his campaign!

https://www.rt.com/business/trump-plan-skyscraper-russia-479/

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, he’s going to be in business with Putin soon. Maybe not on a grand scale, but enough that his bottom line in Russia will matter. The fact that he’s essentially untroubled by Putin’s authoritarianism, chauvinism, and militarism just show how naive he is about the world.