Posted on 12/08/2024 7:19:26 PM PST by lightman
President-elect Donald Trump is blaming former President Obama for the current conflict in Syria, in which the Syrian government fell after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and rebel forces seized control of Damascus, prompting Syrian President Bashar Assad, his wife, and his three children to flee Syria on Saturday.
Trump accused Obama of failing to intervene in the 2013 conflict when the Syrian government used chemical weapons as a form of attack. Obama had said that was the “red line” that would have moved the U.S. to get involved.
“Russia, because they are so tied up in Ukraine, and with the loss there of over 600,000 soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they have protected for years,” Trump wrote on X. “This is where former President Obama refused to honor his commitment of protecting the RED LINE IN THE SAND, and all hell broke out, with Russia stepping in…never much of a benefit in Syria for Russia, other than to make Obama look really stupid.”
Critics say that Obama’s involvement in Syria was one of significant indecisiveness, weakness, and missed opportunities. They say the former president contributed to the prolonged conflict in the region— most notably the “red line.”
In 2012, Obama backed down after setting a “red line” regarding the use of chemical weapons in dictator Assad’s regime. He warned that such an attack would be a “game changer” and result in U.S. military intervention. A year later, Assad used chemical weapons against civilians in his country.
However, Obama did not act immediately. Instead, he hesitated and sought congressional approval for a counterstrike, which never happened. This signaled to Assad that the U.S. failed to follow through on its threats.
Critics also argue Obama’s failure in Syria led to the rise of ISIS and that his "lead from behind" approach allowed for the terrorist group to grow.
During his time in office, Obama also provided U.S. military aid to rebel factions, which had ties to extremist elements, in an attempt to counteract Assad’s regime. Critics also argue that Obama’s Iran nuclear deal emboldened Tehran and allowed it to act with more freedom without punishment in Syria, undermining U.S. interests.
Trump has promised not to get involved with Syrian forces once he assumes office. Trump withdrew American troops from the region during his first term in the White House.
And don’t forget John McCain’s role. He was right there with Obama supporting the ISIS rebels, calling them “the good guys”.
The only people who've feared The Big Guy over the last four years are young girls with freshly washed hair.
And there was Shrub Jr who had the nerve to go on national television and call ISlime a religion of peace! How dare he!
And the sniffer in chief was the worst president in American history!
I think Obama and Hillary had a major hand in making the Middle East worse during their disastrous reign
From Libya to Syria to Iraq - and maybe Afghanistan?
And definitely Iran
No wonder Russia doesn’t trust anything after Hillary’s “reset”
And the perpetrators of 9-11 were just “evil doers”. Not Islamic terrorist fanatics.
I’m not an expert in US history so I’m reluctant to make such a claim. But I will say that The Big Guy is the worst President of my lifetime (Truman being the first).He’s light years ahead of the second worst....Osama Obama.
The ‘Chemical Weapons’ claim against Syria has been debunked (typical false flag), but regardless, I do like Trump taking some cheap shots at Obama. After all, HE DESERVES IT!!!!
Trump’s gonna dunk on Obama for the next 4 years and that scrawny little faggot can’t do anything about it except complain to fewer and fewer dirtbags who give a crap about him.
According to Wikileaks documents, the US Embassy and USAID (CIA) in the Bush administration were starting the effort to exploit and increase societal divisions in Syria to remove Assad.
Obama picked up the neocon project and kicked it into high gear.
Our CIA war changed sides in Syria. We decided to support Al Qeida. Our Al Qeida/ISIS/FSA etc cause the fatal flood of refugees that destroyed Europe.
Trump wasn’t an enthusiast, but was backed into a corner by the swamp a couple of times, like the idiotic fake gas attack, and when his order to pull out of Syria was basically ignored.
The Biden came back at it hard. And now, with 4 or 5 weeks left until Trump comes back, the CIA launched it’s jihadis on a surprise attack. We were caught so flat footed that we had 75 airstrike targets ready to go the next day to protect our jihaidis.
Grind the jug-eared clown's face right into his Syrian pile of dogsqueeze, President Trump!
Libya was the bigger mistake. It’s likely that Gaddafi would have crushed the rebels if we did not intervene by bombing his armed forces. Now the country is a failed state.
I usually find it distasteful to dunk on a guy when he’s on his way down, but some nice it was Obama who tried to “fundamentally transform “ the US. Double down
about the time of the Arab spring.
May have something that do when Hussein’s Sec of State (The Hildabeast) set the Mid East on fire with the fall of Gaddafi.
“other than to make Obama look really stupid.”
Too good.
“And there was Shrub Jr who had the nerve to go on national television and call ISlime a religion of peace!”
“How dare he!”
Daddy told him to.
It’s almost 2025.
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