ROFL @ "bad actors".. You see Syria as a morality play!
Anyone figured out what President Trump's foreign policy is yet?
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Getin the ring
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Yes, 'bad actors'. Meaning people who want to kill civilians and political opposition to remain in power. This applies equally to Assad and Putin. Boohoo, NATO is aggressive. Fuck off.
Darth Omar
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Weren't you guys all up in arms about going into Iraq?
And now going after 'bad actors' should be the foundation for foreign policy?
Really?
I'm glad you can't entertain two thoughts in your head at the same time, but those of us with a functioning cerebrum can be opposed to barrel bombing civilians and invading nations under false pretenses.
Darth Omar
Russian asset
Saddam gassed the Kurds. I don't see much distinction.
Go Fvck yourself. There are NOTHING BUT "bad actors" in Syria. There are the supposed "non-Islamic rebels"
Obama tried to arm up -
but as I said they are small, ineffective,and get their weapons stolen or flee to Turkey or join other players.
You have a simplistic approach to foreign policy -you don't understand the dynamics or the players.
It reads like you were a big fan of Obama's "kinetic military action" in Libya as well.
Nusra steals weapons off US-backed Syrian rebel group
Al-Qaeda's Syrian-based affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra once again targeted a US-backed opposition group in Syria and stole their weapons, which included US-made anti-tank missiles.
The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor group, Rami Abdulrahman, told Reuters on Sunday that Nusra fought the US backed 13th Division rebel group in the country's northwest, detained scores of them and stole their weapons.
The 13th Division is one of the few opposition groups in Syria to have been directly supplied US-made weaponry (the other notable one would be the Free Syrian Army-affiliated Southern Front whose members have received US training in Jordan and have also been given weapons), including TOW anti-tank missiles which Nusra has reportedly stolen.
It fights under the flag of the Free Syrian Army which is considered one of the more moderate groups arrayed against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. It admitted on its Twitter page that Nusra had attacked their bases and stolen their weapons but did not elaborate or provide specific details.
Nusra has fought alongside other armed groups against the regime (including the Jaish al-Fatah group which successfully conquered most of Idlib last year) but has also fought other anti-Assad groups in order to seize more territory for itself.
http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/130320162
Al-Qaeda's Syrian-based affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra once again targeted a US-backed opposition group in Syria and stole their weapons, which included US-made anti-tank missiles.
The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor group, Rami Abdulrahman, told Reuters on Sunday that Nusra fought the US backed 13th Division rebel group in the country's northwest, detained scores of them and stole their weapons.
The 13th Division is one of the few opposition groups in Syria to have been directly supplied US-made weaponry (the other notable one would be the Free Syrian Army-affiliated Southern Front whose members have received US training in Jordan and have also been given weapons), including TOW anti-tank missiles which Nusra has reportedly stolen.
It fights under the flag of the Free Syrian Army which is considered one of the more moderate groups arrayed against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. It admitted on its Twitter page that Nusra had attacked their bases and stolen their weapons but did not elaborate or provide specific details.
Nusra has fought alongside other armed groups against the regime (including the Jaish al-Fatah group which successfully conquered most of Idlib last year) but has also fought other anti-Assad groups in order to seize more territory for itself.
http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/130320162
Darth Omar
Russian asset
People over there can switch sides twice in the same week.
We should stay the hell out of it.
there ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys -there are only players.
as crappy as Assad is he's far from the worst of them. al-Nusra does stuff like eating hearts out of bodies.
The FSA is a sideshow.
I wouldn't have aided and armed Saddam as he gassed Kurds.
Trump doesn't know a damn thing. It was obvious when he campaigned. He didn't kno any countries leaders or basic geography. He only knew about nice airports in Qatar. He knew where his golf courses are. His foreign policy was winning. He's a dope and you are worse for voting for him.
lol..he's repaired the US-Sunni relationship denigrated by Obama.
US-Gulf summit: Saudi King 'snubs' President Obama
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...eived-inattention-to-the-region-10248240.html
Of course the Sunni royals would prefer Trump to Obama. Trump runs his admin like a corrupt Saudi royal.
ridiculous again. cite corruption.
also realpolitik means you manage a relationship -not micromanage another country.
The trump strategy is have no strategy so he can't be blamed for a bad strategy.. Repeat...repeat..
Just flip floppen in the wind....
Darth Omar
Russian asset
But Saddam was a 'bad actor' and we got rid of him so you should have been happy.