Why Obama took out Gaddafi and left this turkey strutting around I do not know. (Actually, yes, I do know, but it’s frustrating.)
Khadaffi was taken out years ago. There is still strife in Libya. There are various government factions claiming ownership of the naton, and there are militias as well.
It’s a mess there.
Obama, Clinton, McCain, Graham, and Rubio screwed up royally, but advocating for the Muslim Brotherhood to be armed and funded.
It tossed Libya into a state turmoil and eventually cost us our Ambassador and his staff as well.
We had no business in Libya. We had no business in Syria either. We funded the “good” al Qaeda according to McCain.
Along the way, ISIS got part of those funds and armament
Now we’re enmeshed there.
Trump should negotiate for Assad to remain in power, and for all the citizens of Syria to be treated decently if we leave. And then we should leave, with the understanding that if we have to come back, it will not end until regime chance is achieved.
Now Putin and Trump seem to have some sort of an understanding, so I don’t care what this eventually looks like, as long as those who worked with us are safe, and the fighting stops.
I also want to Kurds to be okay.
As for Erdogan, he should stay as long as he can behave himself. As for his troops who threaten the Kurds, we can’t defend the Kurds by air if we have to. We should promise him that’s what we would do.