Citat:
Trump hade redan under valkampanjen inställningen att stödet till "rebellerna" skulle upphöra.
Joshua Landis:
Citat:
The cut off of CIA funding for Syria’s rebels is the raggedy ending of America’s failed regime-change policy in Syria and the region at large.
President Trump called the wars in the Middle East “stupid wars” during his campaign. He called America’s policy of regime-change a “failed policy.”
President Trump called the wars in the Middle East “stupid wars” during his campaign. He called America’s policy of regime-change a “failed policy.”
Landis skriver vidare:
Citat:
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/end-us-support-syrian-rebels-sounds-death-knell-attempt-roll-back-iran-russia-syria-joshua-landis/
This is his effort to concentrate narrowly on eliminating ISIS and ending Washington’s effort to drive Assad from power by force of arms.
He believes that by working with the Russians, the United States will destroy ISIS more quickly. It should be added that Syria’s military, with Russian backing, has killed hundreds of ISIS fighters in the last several months. It has driven ISIS from territory twice the size of Lebanon in the last two months alone. Further efforts to weaken or destroy the Syrian Army will only slow ISIS’s demise.
This decision by the security establishment has been a long time coming. As it became clear that Assad would not fall or step aside, particularly after Russia jumped into the conflict in Sept 2015, the arming of rebels to overthrow Assad became a vestigial policy. President Macron articulated this position for the EU, when he declared that it was unrealistic to believe that Assad would go.
Support for arming rebels has been waning since radicals began setting off bombs in European capitals.
Trump’s decision to stop support for Syrian rebels will be the final nail in the coffin of those factions which draw salaries from the CIA.
More radical groups, such as those historically connected to al-Qaida and Ahrar al-Sham will also suffer from this decision. The radical militias prey on the weaker ones. They extort arms and money from the CIA-supported factions. The porous Syrian border with Turkey can now also be shut more tightly. The need to push resources to the CIA-vetted militias, kept border crossings open to all rebels, including al-Qaida. Factions merge and regroup with such regularity, that border guards could not know who was fighting for what end.
This is the last gasp for America’s policy of regime-change which has so compromised its efforts to promote democracy and human rights in a part of the world that needs both.
He believes that by working with the Russians, the United States will destroy ISIS more quickly. It should be added that Syria’s military, with Russian backing, has killed hundreds of ISIS fighters in the last several months. It has driven ISIS from territory twice the size of Lebanon in the last two months alone. Further efforts to weaken or destroy the Syrian Army will only slow ISIS’s demise.
This decision by the security establishment has been a long time coming. As it became clear that Assad would not fall or step aside, particularly after Russia jumped into the conflict in Sept 2015, the arming of rebels to overthrow Assad became a vestigial policy. President Macron articulated this position for the EU, when he declared that it was unrealistic to believe that Assad would go.
Support for arming rebels has been waning since radicals began setting off bombs in European capitals.
Trump’s decision to stop support for Syrian rebels will be the final nail in the coffin of those factions which draw salaries from the CIA.
More radical groups, such as those historically connected to al-Qaida and Ahrar al-Sham will also suffer from this decision. The radical militias prey on the weaker ones. They extort arms and money from the CIA-supported factions. The porous Syrian border with Turkey can now also be shut more tightly. The need to push resources to the CIA-vetted militias, kept border crossings open to all rebels, including al-Qaida. Factions merge and regroup with such regularity, that border guards could not know who was fighting for what end.
This is the last gasp for America’s policy of regime-change which has so compromised its efforts to promote democracy and human rights in a part of the world that needs both.
CIA:s stöd till terroristerna som man sökt marknadsföra som "moderata rebeller" men som varit lierade med al-Qaida, kommer att upphöra. Det här har gjort att kriget dragit ut på tiden och mängder med liv gått till spillo. Att stödja "moderata rebeller" måste vara ett av USA:s mest idiotiska beslut genom tiderna.
USA och Pentagon kommer att fortsätta supporta de som bekämpar IS - och detta tillsammans med Ryssland.
Trumps linje har varit klar. Det blev en tillfällig kortslutning när man angrep Syrien efter den påstådda sarinattacken i april.
För egen del tror jag att USA i efterhand sett tveksamheterna kring att Assad verkligen låg bakom "sarinattacken". OPCW-rapporten levererade inga bevis, utan snarare ökade misstankarna om att rebellerna och al-Qaida på egen hand fabricerat en sarinattack.
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Senast redigerad av Cents4 2017-07-22 kl. 15:24.
Senast redigerad av Cents4 2017-07-22 kl. 15:24.
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