Haley: No political solution in Syria with Assad in power

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/politics/nikki-haley-syria-interview-sotu-cnntv/index.html ^

[McGruff]

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview airing Sunday on CNN that until Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is out of power, she doesn't see a political solution to the conflict in Syria.

"There's not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime," Haley told "State of the Union" anchor Jake Tapper. "It just -- if you look at his actions, if you look at the situation, it's going to be hard to see a government that's peaceful and stable with Assad."

[Lurkinanloomin]

Pinochet is as close to a success story as I can think of and that wasn’t without its warts.

[RummyChick]

News_Executive‏ @News_Executive 2h2 hours ago More Reports which are yet to be confirmed of at least 20 heavily armoured U.S convoy that entered southern #Syria from #Jordan.

[RummyChick]

Pinochet??????

Oh boy, if that is the best there was of them all..

well.....

[catnipman]

President Trump: we don’t give a crap about Syria other than the utilization of Assad’s military to help wipe out ISIS and to keep the lid on the various savages that would run wild for generations if Assad is somehow removed from power.

You promised mutiple times when running for President that you would NOT engage in “nation building” or “regime change”.

[Iscool]

Now if we are going to take out ISIS, that’s one thing, but inserting ourselves into a civil war to overthrow Assad could have dangerous consequences.

There are 4 separate factions in there fighting...I don't believe it would be wise to go in there a pick a fight with all of them...

I really hope our side is not going to ally with McCain's and Obama's Al Qaeda Rebel terrorists...

[ROCKLOBSTER]

There are 4 separate factions in there fighting...I don't believe it would be wise to go in there a pick a fight with all of them...

What if we simply blow all of them up?...Sort of a peace-keeping mission.

[Iscool]

If I hear Trump himself utter regime change then I may have to call it quits on him.

Trump has called for regime change...

[Pining_4_TX]

It isn’t possible to take out ISIS because ISIS is Islam. There is no radical Islam; there is just Islam. It’s incompatible with a free society.

There are only 2 solutions, neither of which will be used:
1. Kill all Muslims. (barbaric, and not possible)
2. Ban Islam in civilized countries, deport Muslims to Muslim countries, bring US troops home and put them on our borders, and institute a “pet the pig” requirement to enter a non-Muslim country or board a plane.

Sending US troops to Muslim countries to fight guarantees more American deaths, more Muslim invaders known as refugees coming into our country, and more Muslim radicals rising up to join the fight. It’s a no-win situation.

[Iscool]

What if we simply blow all of them up?...Sort of a peace-keeping mission.

At least that would be a solution...

[Eddie01]

Hit the road chemical boy.

Assad should be given minute amounts of chemical agents to prolong the suffering as much as possible before the capillaries in HIS lungs pop like bubbles in sparkling champagne.

[cmj328]

What kind of bull**** is this?

Another $1 trillion and 5,000 Americans dead, so we can turn a s***hole into a cluster****???

Fire this idiot woman.

[cmj328]

This means the false flag op is already here and planned with fake Syrian papers and ready to go at a moment's notice.

It will happen, Americans will be outraged, but I don't think too many of us will buy that it is "Syria". Maybe 50%. But don't worry, that's enough, because the 50% who doesn't buy it is deplorable.

[cmj328]

The real goal is rolling back Death to America Iran and their eventual ICBM program.

Sure it is (eyeroll)

[cmj328]

If he gets us into Syria, he’ll break every other promise he made.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

At least that would be a solution

No troops, no guns, just battlefield vaporization.

(also the AC130 comes to mind)

[Psalm 144]

And what do you propose for Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud?

Dismemberment with a machete, or crucifixion?

Or are you just another Saudi sucker?

[HKMk23]

Peace MAKING mission.

FIRST you MAKE peace: either annihilate the enemy, or create a circumstance they understand to be insurmountable; a sort of Hiroshima moment, if you will.

AFTER you make peace, then you keep it.

Frankly, I’m not opposed to us MAKING peace, but once made we need to FORCE whatever is there, still living, and ambulatory to step up and keep it themselves. Tell ‘em if they screw up and let it get outta hand, we’ll come back and MAKE peace some more. Lather. Rinse. Repeat until a group emerges from the devastation that demonstrates a willingness to take charge, and keep it chill going forward.

[UnwashedPeasant]

This is moronic.

Muslim savages need a strongman to control them.

The world would be better if we had left Saddam Hussein and Quaddafi in power.

[Conservative Gato]

I don’t think Assad is going anywhere. Russia isn’t; they like the ports just fine and Syria is Russia’s oldest ally in the ME. Signaling Assad he’s going to be removed doesn’t exactly motivate him to fight anyone but his enemies in a buffer zone around Damascus. He only has control of about 1/10th of his country and too few soldiers left to maintain control over the rest. I’ve read of a few plans to break Syria into 5 or 6 zones, with ME players (all those visitors to the WH) establishing safe zones and administrative zones within the same. That was what the big pow-wow in Brussels last week was about. I think a better signal to Assad would be, here’s what is going to happen, you keep Damascus and Port Tardus for your Russian friends and when your miserable little civil war is over, if you’re a good little despot and keep your paws out of the zones, we’ll talk again.

This makes the most sense, especially if we are to put boots on the ground only to protect the safe zones. Russia still gets what they want and this move would further neuter Assad, not replace him.

CGato

[South Dakota]

And pipeline construction too but I bet nodapl will not be protesting