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2018-12-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by 746 2018-12-22 12:40|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Interesting. Good post, 746. From the article:

PEARL-CLUTCHING IS A WASHINGTON SPORT
Everyone in Washington is screaming that Trump is handing Syria (and the wider Middle East) over to Russia, Iran, and their newfound allies in Turkey, while at the same time selling out America’s erstwhile Kurdish friends to be annihilated by the Turks over long-standing religious, political, and historical differences.

The experts, once again, are wrong. Their appraisal of American military power and reach undercuts the fact that the United States still will be capable of striking back against enemy targets that may appear in Syria after American forces pull out.

By pulling out U.S. forces, Trump is likely giving Turkey time to recognize that neither the Iranians nor the Russians will prove receptive to their goal of reconstituting the Ottoman Empire in the region. Israel will not be too keen on the idea, either.

Trump isn’t "handing" Syria over to anyone. The president is merely recognizing that geopolitics is about leverage. Compared to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, as well as the Russians, Iranians, and Turks, the United States has little leverage there. Keeping 2,000 Americans on the ground in Syria, with big targets painted on their backs, will not "stabilize" the region. It will likely compel Russia, Iran, and others to take harsher action against perceived U.S. interests in the region.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-22 17:49|| 2018-12-22 17:49|| Front Page Top

#2 thnx

Posted by 746 2018-12-22 23:33|| 2018-12-22 23:33|| Front Page Top

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