Trump now blames Former President Obama - 'Obama's lack of resolve is what enabled Assad'.

[riversedge]

Dareen Khalifa
@dkhalifa
Translated summary of Trump’s Syria speech:


- He wanted out of Syria and got heat for it but now there isn’t a real need to pull out US troops because their main hostile force has been decimated (aka the Syrian regime and Iranian militias).
- He thinks Turkey is behind the rebels and credits it for the regime collapsing.
Seems to think it’s a smart move by Ankara and its ‘strong military.’
- He and Erdogan get along pretty well.
- Obama’s lack of resolve is what enabled Assad.

Link to tweet

Trump on Syria

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[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Go to hell, Spanky.

[Hope22]

2. If it was Obama's fault this man speaking had four years to fix the problem.

The man speaking was in Syria, gave US bases to Putin…and as I remember he didn’t have a clear plan of getting US soldiers out…whatttt….that didn’t fix the problem? Buckle your seat belts. We are in for a ride!!!

[Jit423]

3. Uh, wasn't Trump President right after Obama? What did he do about Assad? Trump looks bad, though.

He has the eyes of a dying man, a sadness that he hasn't done all he wanted to do.

[karynnj]

8. Not to mention Obama's response was FAR MORE effective

Assad used chemical weapons in 2014 "crossing Obama's red line". Obama initially was supportive of a tactical response. He then walked that back, but did not rule anything out in the future. Around that time, Kerry was asked how Assad could avoid a US response and he answered he could give up his chemical weapons. Russian FM Lavrov quickly agreed it could work. Obama sent Kerry to negotiate the details and a huge stockpile of chemical weapons was collected and destroyed.

Assad again used chemical weapons when Trump was President. Trump ordered an attack and cratered the runway used by the planes that used chemical weapons. They were operational in weeks.

Which approach made further attacks less likely?

Where the he didn't respond to the red line started with some essentially neo con writers, Senators McCain and Graham, and pundits who wanted the US to enter the complex mess of a Civil War and mocked the idea of a narrow tactical response.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

4. Trump's fee-fees hurt over Assad's ouster.

Putey looks weak, and trump is crestfallen.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Yet the slobfather was President for four year and did nothing in Syria for four years except kowtow to Erdogan

[bronxiteforever]

6. Says the guy who will sell out Ukraine.

He will do anything to back Putin.

[emulatorloo]

7. Pretty sure Tulsi Gabbard 'enabled' Assad, and she's on your team.

Orange fuckface is full of BS.