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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumstillerson just sided with Russia on Syria
Assad ouster no longer our policy.
Who's a good boy.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)nycbos
(6,038 posts)... the civil war in Syria is a fight between two set of bad guys. On one hand you have Assad who kills his own people and you have jihadists who want to kill anyone of doesn't think like them.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)nycbos
(6,038 posts)Kentonio
(4,377 posts)Who then got sold down the river and used as expendable tools by the west, like rebels in that region usually do. They're encouraged to rise up, then when they do they're left hung out to dry when they desperately need help, and then smeared when their cause is subverted by extremists. It's happened numerous times now.
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)Bush gave our military to the saudis, and fRump will try to give it to russia.
Republicans are traitors!
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Tillerson is tired of playing diplomat and just wants to get on with drilling for oil in Russia?
edhopper
(33,615 posts)he is completely out of his league and doesn't know what the fuck to do.