I have no idea what to make of Trump's airstrike.
Well its a slight lie. I'm confused and worried.
Without wanting to sound like Donald Rumsfeld; there are known unknowns. Mostly though there are unknown unknowns. The Syrian War is so complicated and with so many atrocities committed on all sides, its hard to know whether slapping down Asad is more likely to lead to peace or not. There are conspiracy theories that this is a Trump/Putin master plan to get The Donald off the hook with the FBI investigation and there are also theories that Trump changed America's entire foreign policy position after watching the evening news. They can not both be true but there may be some truth in one of them, or none of them. Is this a long-term strategy or a ridiculous off-the cuff impulse or somewhere inbetween? Will bombing Assad weaken his position or strengthen the resolve of Putin and he? I dunno.
I am hoping that this is some kind of bluff because nobody wants tensions to escalate between Russia and America. The best way to achieve peace would be negotiation and stopping arm shipments from Iran and Saudi. This has always been a proxy war for regional and global powers though with each of them valuing their own objectives more than Syrian blood. Asad wants to stay in power and any cost, Russia back him because they want influence in the region. America was against him, then seemingly for him and now is seemingly against him. Nobody knows what America wants, what their strategy is or whether there even is one. When nuclear powers are in close proximity, this must be a worry.
Without wanting to sound like Donald Rumsfeld; there are known unknowns. Mostly though there are unknown unknowns. The Syrian War is so complicated and with so many atrocities committed on all sides, its hard to know whether slapping down Asad is more likely to lead to peace or not. There are conspiracy theories that this is a Trump/Putin master plan to get The Donald off the hook with the FBI investigation and there are also theories that Trump changed America's entire foreign policy position after watching the evening news. They can not both be true but there may be some truth in one of them, or none of them. Is this a long-term strategy or a ridiculous off-the cuff impulse or somewhere inbetween? Will bombing Assad weaken his position or strengthen the resolve of Putin and he? I dunno.
I am hoping that this is some kind of bluff because nobody wants tensions to escalate between Russia and America. The best way to achieve peace would be negotiation and stopping arm shipments from Iran and Saudi. This has always been a proxy war for regional and global powers though with each of them valuing their own objectives more than Syrian blood. Asad wants to stay in power and any cost, Russia back him because they want influence in the region. America was against him, then seemingly for him and now is seemingly against him. Nobody knows what America wants, what their strategy is or whether there even is one. When nuclear powers are in close proximity, this must be a worry.
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