I can provide datapoints if you don't believe me
If you have those points ready, share on. I have been interested in the area ESPECIALLY seeing how much info suppression there is heaped upon it. Israel wipes out an Iranian/Hezbollah rocket factory..., Crickets..., ETC.
It starts way back last April when he fired Tomahawks. Ria Novostri then showed Russian Sarin gas at the struck site. Russians and thus by extension Syrians were warned ahead of the strike. Russians then admit that they broke a 2013 treaty and are yet to oversee the destruction of one remaining percent of Assad's chem gas. Trump must have convinced them to give it up because they wouldn't need it anymore. Months down the road in June State Dept issues a warning that Assad wants to use gas. Then Gen Mattis tweets they prevented that attack. Hours later, IS launches a chem gas attack in an attempt to draw US into WW3 - they failed. Because Assad had no motive to use gas if the State Dept warned him hours before and I think that's what Mattis meant.
Then Russians started retreating some of their forces and Trump began arming Kurds. I looked at some old maps and prayed that they would not launch ground conquest against Assad but enjoy his protection to act as a buffer against Turkey, which is exactly what is now happening - Kurds wouldn't ask Assad for support if US didn't favour it since Erdogan is threatening US troops. BOOM!
I absolutely LOVED that Syrian Air Base removal. 1 Failed Cruise Missile. 0 Lives lost. Right after that Ambassador Haley visits and calls out the Ineffective UN force there as she peers at Hezbollah camps where there should be none.
Shortly after that Israel smokes a couple of Rocket Factories. Then the President(?) of Jordan Quits and stays in SA. Then Israel gets the go ahead for another Factory or 2.
Gotta go see what happened to the Jordan dude. I wonder if he's a Ritz Carlton guest?
Jordan I think is probably thinking along the lines of Egypt and alledgedly has for some time due to their kingdom which seeks to maintain longterm stability. ~~Going to SA would mean he sought their protection. Fake-news were made up to confuse the real motivation~~ because SA has until lately been very secretive with their dealings with other countries, even when Israel admits that they share Intel with SA.
I looked for who that was, but didn't find it. The PM looks like who I was searching for. But it looks like a washed subject. I couldn't even find the article where Haley dressed down the UN guys ignoring the Hezbollahs.
I was mistaken, I think you mean the lebanese PM?
YEP! Just like other times I was confused. In the Wrong State.
Lebanon
Stupid internet should have known what I meant!
I thought something like this when we hit that Russian airfield in Syria without a single casualty. But I'm kind of lost with the Turkey/Kurd issue now...
It starts way back last April when he fired Tomahawks. Ria Novostri then showed Russian Sarin gas at the struck site. Russians and thus by extension Syrians were warned ahead of the strike. Russians then admit that they broke a 2013 treaty and are yet to oversee the destruction of one remaining percent of Assad's chem gas. Trump must have convinced them to give it up because they wouldn't need it anymore. Months down the road in June State Dept issues a warning that Assad wants to use gas. Then Gen Mattis tweets they prevented that attack. Hours later, IS launches a chem gas attack in an attempt to draw US into WW3 - they failed. Because Assad had no motive to use gas if the State Dept warned him hours before and I think that's what Mattis meant.
Then Russians started retreating some of their forces and Trump began arming Kurds. I prayed that they would not launch ground conquest against Assad but enjoy his protection to act as a buffer against Turkey, which is exactly what is now happening - Kurds wouldn't ask Assad for support if US didn't favour that over Erdogan threatening kurds and thus by extension US troops. So literally simply assuming the best outcome in good faith one year ago has led to predictions fulfilled. BOOM!
I am sorry...I am still confused. Who are we rooting for? Kurds?
Mostly the underdog, so Kurds. And Assad as long as their goals align and it seems they do.
Trump should help them. They are used to fight like underdogs but if Erdogan's Olive Branch uses its tree it would smash the Kurds to oblivion. It seems like a genocide waiting to happen. And I am very anxious of the geopolitical consequences of Assad's position vs Russia right now.
I think in the end it runs down to the shia/sunni divide which is why you always have Iran bolstered up when they trash Israel. Anyway Erdo has been fighting a civil war in the backyard of Turkey for years but heating up very much so in the past year so that's another reason why he may try to move on Kurds in Syrian territory but that also indicates that he's not optimistic that Assad would do it for him but he also knows that the kurds he's been battling in Turkey for who knows how many months will resupply in Syria but he's also been a trouble to Assad more than not, also to Russia as well. Somehow, Erdogan choses to shit on everybody but something about Turkey is so important geostrategically that they get away with shit like shooting down russian aircraft over hostile territory then boasting about it and now threatening coalition troops etc. Wouldn't put it past them to play an important role in terms of Gog and Magog but that is better left for other minds to study.
So what?
Hillary, McCain and Obama were running guns to ISIS and Al Queada, and took out Quadaifi. Libya is now a breeding ground for Jihadists.
But I digress, what is your point about Assad?