Assad, Iran, Russia all saw what we helped the SDF do in Raqqa. Their intelligence officers no doubt recorded some of the actions.
They have a glimmer of what we are able to do if forced to.
I hope Assad and Russia are asking themselves “why did I align with Iran”. Assad thought he had no other option, he may not have had any. We for very bad reasons, grabbed foreign money to help put Assad out. Yes, Assad is a bad guy. Yes, he was aligned with Iran.
But Obama, start to finish was a pact with the devil. It colored every thing he did.
Trump IS NOT Obama.
“Trump IS NOT Obama.”
Nowhere close to an understatement. We know the key for us goes back to Qaddafi. He was threatening to only sell his oil for gold and that would upset the entire WTO cabal. BTW, you forgot to add McCain to the list of those complicit in his ouster along with the subsequent Benghazi scam.