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The weak American hand in Syria
The (Progressive Leftist) Hill ^ | October 6, 2018 | Monica Duffy Toft

Posted on 10/06/2018 10:05:06 AM PDT by Navy Patriot

The Syrian civil war at last shows signs of coming to an end. That end will be a bitter humanitarian disaster, and it will result in the temporary consolidation of power by the government of Bashar Hafez Al-Assad. None of this is in doubt. What is in doubt is what role, if any, the United States might play in the final weeks.

The source of that doubt lies in a major shift in U.S. foreign policy brought about by Donald Trump’s election as president and a growing realization that the Cold War practice of exchanging stability for justice has returned with a vengeance.

The endgame in Syria’s civil war will be a humanitarian disaster because the political interests of Assad, the Russian Federation, and Hezbollah (Iran) will give priority to the consolidation of political power — in Syria, that translates to allowing the government to murder any political opposition — over the fate of noncombatants. ...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iranianpatriot; neocons; putinsbuttboys; russianpatriot; syrianpatriot
Poor Monica, her murderers didn't win.
1 posted on 10/06/2018 10:05:06 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Still true today.

2 posted on 10/06/2018 10:21:09 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Navy Patriot

It seems “The Hill” is trying to write the phony history of Syria for the American deep state and Left.

Syria was yet another Obama/Clinton failed attempt to remake the mid-east under the guise of the “Arab Spring.” They turned Libya into a looted, failed state. They helped launch a near civil war and genocide in Egypt. They tried the same in Syria, were check-mated by Putin. The upshot was destruction on a huge scale, and mass Muslim migration to Europe unlike ever seen in history.

Obama and Clinton put the US on the side of both the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Qaeda in Syria. They are a cabal of devils.


3 posted on 10/06/2018 10:33:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Navy Patriot

Idlib province sounds like a perfect place to deploy Bill Kristol’s ‘war machine’...once he’s done building it of course.


4 posted on 10/06/2018 10:38:13 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Navy Patriot
The war in the ME will never end. It's been going on for thousands of years, and will continue with/without the US.
5 posted on 10/06/2018 11:37:22 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.)
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