Posted on 09/14/2018 9:24:33 AM PDT by McGruff
In a blistering takedown of U.S. policy toward Syria, Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Thursday said “it’s time to act” in the war-torn nation as dictator Bashar Assad’s forces prepare to launch an assault on Idlib that many fear could one of the bloodiest campaigns in the ongoing war.
Mr. Kinzinger, Illinois Republican and an outspoken voice on national security issues, argued in an op-ed for Defense One that the U.S. approach in Syria — both during the Obama administration and now under President Trump — has been an abject failure. While he stressed that an all-out ground invasion isn’t the answer, he said it’s long past time for a comprehensive strategy that includes ousting Mr. Assad from power.
“Our lack of a strategy in Syria has been a failing practice. The initial attacks already happening in Idlib are just a prelude to the civilian bloodbath that the world will soon witness if Assad once again uses chemical weapons on his own people,” he wrote. “We cannot stand idly by and allow this humanitarian crisis to compound further. … It’s time to act.”
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Look at Afghanistan. Got next to nothing done after 17 years.
If he is so concerned about the treatment of populations why not intervene in Nigeria where Christians are persecuted? Why this obsession with Assad?
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