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Look, I'm not in favor of continued involvement in the...
Posted on: December 26, 2018 at 11:56:20 CT
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Middle East overall. We should have pivoted a long time ago to the Pacific and China's belligerence there.
But Syria is and always has been a complex mess because of all the different parties. You've got Russia aiding Assad, who was wobbly. The Iranians have free passage and operation in Iraq now and they support Hezbollah. We're always ten minutes away from war between Hezbollah and Iran. ISIS hates Assad but operates freely still in parts of Iraq and Syria, Libya, more recently Morocco. Remember when we took our boot off the throat of Al-Qaida? They came back. But ISIS is more effective than Al-Qaida because they can draw followers through social media and the Internet generally.
Just taking off only invites bigger problems down the road, of all stripes.
But Syria is and always has been a complex mess because of all the different parties. You've got Russia aiding Assad, who was wobbly. The Iranians have free passage and operation in Iraq now and they support Hezbollah. We're always ten minutes away from war between Hezbollah and Iran. ISIS hates Assad but operates freely still in parts of Iraq and Syria, Libya, more recently Morocco. Remember when we took our boot off the throat of Al-Qaida? They came back. But ISIS is more effective than Al-Qaida because they can draw followers through social media and the Internet generally.
Just taking off only invites bigger problems down the road, of all stripes.
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Look, I'm not in favor of continued involvement in the... - Gyro MU - 12/26 11:56:20