Our top military leaders have one and only one goal. The removal of Assad, and the installation of a “moderate” sunni state. ISIS is only being attacked because their antics are getting in the way and causing too much embarrassment.
FSA and the rebels would be far worse that Assad.
Last time I looked the military took their orders from the POTUS. I see no indication that Trump cares if Assad is removed.
That was the plan with the Bitch and the Bastard.
“Our top military leaders have one and only one goal. The removal of Assad, and the installation of a “moderate” sunni state.”
I agree that was the policy of the Obama Administration.
But, American deliveries and payments to the “moderate” Sunni rebels (AKA jihadis with a different temporary arm patch) that we had been supporting in NW Syria, have been halted over the last month (coincidentally, about as long as Trump has been in office).
Lots of gear still flowing to the Kurds for the Raqqa operation, and down South the Jordanians are still supporting units near their border. But up in Aleppo and Idlib, there has been nothing arriving from US channels. The Turks are paying and equipping the FSA in Aleppo Governorate, and they are hiring - but if there is no resumption of US support in the next month or so, it will really look like a change in policy.