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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Proposes to Ally with Assad and Russia to fight the Islamic State
So, how is Trump's genius plan to ally with Russia and Assad working out?
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/17/trumps-syria-strategy-would-be-a-disaster/
The president-elect wants to ally with Assad and Russia to fight the Islamic State but hes going to end up empowering extremists and causing chaos across the Middle East.
Late last week, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time since his election victory his position on the crisis in Syria. In his remarks, he laid out his determination to ramp up the fight against the Islamic State and to cease support to those fighting President Bashar al-Assads regime:Ive had an opposite view of many people regarding Syria. My attitude was youre fighting Syria; Syria is fighting ISIS; and you have to get rid of ISIS. Russia is now totally aligned with Syria, and now you have Iran, which is becoming powerful, because of us, is aligned with Syria. Now were backing rebels against Syria, and we have no idea who these people are.
This is an extraordinary simplification of a highly complex crisis. But the president-elects views on Syria do evince some consistency just not the consistency he apparently intends. Trump says he wants to focus on destroying the Islamic State. The main effect of the policies he describes, however, would be to eliminate the moderate opposition to the Assad regime and to empower extremism.
Before considering all the disastrous effects of Trumps policy, we should examine why even his stated justification for it doesnt hold water. A brief history lesson should suffice to demonstrate the Assad regimes lack of counterterrorism qualifications. This is the government whose intelligence apparatus methodically built al Qaeda in Iraq, and then the Islamic State in Iraq, into a formidable terrorist force to fight U.S. troops in that country from 2003 to 2010. Hundreds of American soldiers would probably still be alive today if it had not been for Assads state-backed support to the Islamic States direct predecessors.
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Trump Proposes to Ally with Assad and Russia to fight the Islamic State (Original Post)
TomCADem
Apr 2017
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SirBrockington
(259 posts)1. If he goes against Assad does he get blackmailed by Putin?
I believe so. I believe "other" incriminating leaks will start to pop up.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)2. Surprised That Not Many Folks Are Calling Out Trump...
...who sought credit for thinking outside of the box and embracing Assad as an ally along with Russia.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)3. Hmm, How is that ally thing working?
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