Posted on 02/07/2017 7:12:40 AM PST by C19fan
Between Jan. 23 and 27, 2017, there were reports that Syrian president Bashar Al Assad had suffered a stroke and had to be hospitalized. The usually pro-Assad British newspaper The Independent claimed that the Syrian president was suffering serious psychological strain. Allegations of a president’s poor health take on extra significance in a Russian proxy state. During the Cold War, the Soviets frequently cited allied leaders’ purported medical and psychological problems when launching military interventions — takeovers, essentially — in the countries of the supposedly-ailing heads of state.
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I do not believe this U.S. administration is as clueless as the last one. But even if they are now, they will not remain so. The last administration never picked up on a clue even when it punched them squarely on the nose. Thankfully we are not living in Obama’s third term.
It would serve Putin right if Iran turned on him.
What a strange world in which we have to depend on the Russians to thwart the Insane religious fanatics of Iran.
I think he may be turning on them.
Note that he’s making nice with Erdogan.
Agree. And consequently empowering Putin and ignoring his mischief elsewhere.
Maybe Assad is having second thoughts about becoming Putin’s bitch and making Syria a full blown satellite for Putin to outflank NATO>
If true, get out the popcorn.
The big reason to overthrow Assad was to eliminate Iran’s main ally. If his alliance with them splits for other internal reasons, and he has to seek support elsewhere, we may in the end have achieved the same end.
Obama’s plan was to replace Assad and the Iranians with Al Qaeda and ISIS. That was a plan doomed to disaster from the beginning. Especially since his plan also delivered half of Iraq to Iran. Obama’s plan was almost completely incoherent, its internal contradictions made it look like it was put together after a night of Scrabble.
Obama wanted a pipeline through Syria. Assad didn’t. Arab spring.
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