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So why in the name of God would Trump think that Syria/Russia/Turkey will solve our ISIS issue for us?
Lets look at the history of this ISIS piece to the Syrian mess:
- If Syria cared about its borders it would have attacked ISIS with vigor when they first crossed and coalesced and would have driven them back into the waiting arms of the US coalition and Iraq. Assad cares so little about his borders that he actually allowed ISIS to take, occupy and hold territory within those borders. Assad is a criminal, the current leader of a criminal family masquerading as the head of a sovereign state that at this point is not really a sovereign state. Assad does not care about policing nor even maintaining his borders. That is the primary reason we just ignored his borders in pursuit of ISIS ultimately teaming up with the Kurds to fight ISIS and attrit them.
- ISIS is a useful tool for both Assad and Russia. They are not going to eliminate ISIS anymore than Putin cared about those 300 Russian mercenaries that hurled themselves headlong into US forces in true Banzai style. Useful tools all.
- So Syria and Russia are not going to get it done. They might.... MIGHT put on a little show for us but I doubt it.
- Turkey only cares to cross the Syrian border and annihilate the Kurds. That is all they care to do and what do we think Syria and Russia will make the price of admission to do that? They will demand that while Turkey will be allowed to annihilate the very force fighting ISIS, they will NOT be allowed to then go on and attrit what is left of ISIS. Not going to happen.
So either Trump is so stupid and gullible and uneducated to geopolitical realities that he actually buys this nonsensical fairytale of Syria/Russia/Turkey taking care of ISIS or this is yet another example of Trump's unscrupulousness rising to the top.
Lets look at the history of this ISIS piece to the Syrian mess:
- If Syria cared about its borders it would have attacked ISIS with vigor when they first crossed and coalesced and would have driven them back into the waiting arms of the US coalition and Iraq. Assad cares so little about his borders that he actually allowed ISIS to take, occupy and hold territory within those borders. Assad is a criminal, the current leader of a criminal family masquerading as the head of a sovereign state that at this point is not really a sovereign state. Assad does not care about policing nor even maintaining his borders. That is the primary reason we just ignored his borders in pursuit of ISIS ultimately teaming up with the Kurds to fight ISIS and attrit them.
- ISIS is a useful tool for both Assad and Russia. They are not going to eliminate ISIS anymore than Putin cared about those 300 Russian mercenaries that hurled themselves headlong into US forces in true Banzai style. Useful tools all.
- So Syria and Russia are not going to get it done. They might.... MIGHT put on a little show for us but I doubt it.
- Turkey only cares to cross the Syrian border and annihilate the Kurds. That is all they care to do and what do we think Syria and Russia will make the price of admission to do that? They will demand that while Turkey will be allowed to annihilate the very force fighting ISIS, they will NOT be allowed to then go on and attrit what is left of ISIS. Not going to happen.
So either Trump is so stupid and gullible and uneducated to geopolitical realities that he actually buys this nonsensical fairytale of Syria/Russia/Turkey taking care of ISIS or this is yet another example of Trump's unscrupulousness rising to the top.