This Syria war is interesting.
The rebels are backed by Turkey (proxy ground) and the US (air/intelligence/special operations). Assad is backed by Russia and Iran.
When Russia attacked Ukraine, they had to pull out of Syria. Iran took control of influencing Assad. Then Hamas attacked Israel, so Iran had to take an eye off of Syria. At the same time, without Syria Iran can't buffer Israel via Hezbollah.
Assad's backers are weak, and the rebel's are on the move.
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Interesting to see 1 of last 2 remaining ME secular countries become Islamic state w/ help from US?
That's tragedy, especially for Syria that has been secular country for over half century and Christians, Muslims and non religious groups have got along very well in this country.
History doesn't repeat itself, but It often rhymes.
US used radical Muslim (ben laden) to the fight against Soviets-backed secular Afghanistan. Afghanistan turned out to become a backward religious country and terrorists heaven.
Then US stupidly turned another secular ME country Iraq into a Islamic state by throwing out Saddam, which US suffered 47k casualties and Iraqi people over 1 million
Then again, US turned the largest secular Arabic country Egypt into Muslim Brotherhood country by betraying secular Mubarak regime. Fortunately Muslim Brotherhood regime is short lived.
As we all know Islam, unlike Christianity, doesn't
have reform in its history and therefore no separation between state and religion. So, for a country of Islam religion, secular government which means you can have any religious belief but your religion is not in national politics, is always a better choice. Actually this is the way how Europe experienced, i.e. from dark age to Christianity reform, to secular states and finally to become modern states. But warmongering neocon never understand this point. They're very shortsighted and shallow.
We figured you would be attending the “Welcome to Moscow, Assad” bash.
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Better than your “Welcome to Damascus, Al Qaeda, forget 9/11” bash.
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The dominos are falling toward Moscow. Putin better make a deal with Trump sooner rather than later.
If he doesn't he will end up Gadaffied. by his own people.
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/donald-trump-sends-message-to-putin-as-assad-flees-damascus/ar-AA1vtDqs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=0ac39804f10d41fd948b5c14b89de1b5&ei=13
Assad and his minions left Syria this morning.
Game over.
Seems like the game has just begun.
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Putin is in the process of telling Trump what to do...that's hardly "Deal Making"...
don't know why after all this time you can't comprehend their relationship.
No link? Surely there must be some objective source for your bald assertation.
And who did nothing when Putin took Crimea and crossed the redline in Syria?
On the other hand, who warned the Germans not to do the Nord Stream 2 deal?
Russia, Russia, Russia is just antiquated and discredited Dem talking point.
Ignoring facts in evidence isn't going to win you many debates, Curly...to wit...
>Trump's many connections with Russia over a long time period...i.e. Politico's '7 Charts' or Trump connections with Russia...
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/connections-trump-putin-russia-ties-chart-flynn-page-manafort-sessions-214868/
>186 References to Trump/Russia dealings...including a GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee Report
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials
>And then there's Helsinki...with Trump demonstrating his fealty to Vladimir Putin (knowing that Manafort had already given internal polling data to Konstantin Kilimnik)...
You're an odd duck...one day opining on the struggles of your Ukrainian relatives due to Putin's attacks...and the next supporting the all too clear linkage between Trump and Putin. Guess the take away is that you are indeed "Unserious"...and should be treated accordingly.
I see you googled Dem party talking points.
These were the same folks you were linking for your precious “facts in evidence” that Joe Biden was still vibrantly in touch with reality.
Have you looked at the links?...or do you only look at yours? ;-)...every last one of them is
documented...especially the Senate Intelligence Committee's Report that nailed Trump's Campaign Mgr., Paul Manafort, handing over internal polling data to his Russian counterpart, Konstantin Kilimnik.
When you've got the cards, why not "Talk" about them?
How did you come to be so 'Kompromised'?