This is not going well

[queentonic]

‘This is not going well’: Ex-CIA officer says ‘enormous consequences’ may follow Trump’s Syria attack
David Ferguson
08 Apr 2017 at 20:48 ET

Former CIA operative and intelligence analyst Robert Baer told CNN on Saturday night that President Donald Trump’s administration has no idea how complicated the situation in Syria is and that our nation is rushing headlong into a “quagmire” of unintended consequences by engaging the country militarily.

“How confident are you that President Trump will stick with this apparently new position on Syria now?” anchor Ana Cabrera asked Baer.

“It seems to me a big shift here, this attacking Syria,” said Baer. “We’ve never done that before in Syria’s history, period. We’ve always avoided that country.”

“There is an ethnic sectarian division there,” he explained, ” that we were always afraid to touch. This goes back to World War II, in fact. The French could never control that country. And, again, I go back to the fact that Bashar al Assad is a spokesman for the Alawite minority. You can remove him today and you might get somebody that’s much worse.”

He went on, “I don’t think this administration, the Trump administration, understands the complexity of Syria. We are heading into a quagmire of enormous consequences with Iran and Russia on the ground. This is not going well.”

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[Kath2]

1. Of course not.

Trump has no experience and does not understand the complicated problems of the middle east.

[tazkcmo]

2. It time!

Time to open a big can of Kushner Whoopass on Syria! He's here! He's now! He's Gerald!

[progressoid]

3. But to be fair...

The administration has no idea how complicated ANY situation is.

[Glimmer of Hope]

6. Yep and on the job training isn't suitable when lives are on the line.

[Alpeduez21]

7. Who knew how complicated health care was

[Cary]

4. It's a kakistocracy

[Initech]

5. These incompetent buffoons aren't fit to lead a McDonald's franchise.

[mzteaze]

10. To be fair

I don't think they would do well with a lemonade stand either.

[mnhtnbb]

8. I dont think this administration, the Trump administration, understands the complexity of Syria"

Now there's an understatement for you.


I wake up with anxiety every damn day since November 9th. Every damn day. I know I'm not alone.
It just boggles the mind that the country has gotten itself in the position of having an ignorant, narcissistic bully occupying
the office of president.

I really wonder how long it will take before he starts WW III.

[Heartstrings]

11. At least you can sleep...

I haven't had a good nights sleep since 11-9-16...

[malaise]

9. Guess they're expexting the same garlands of flowers

Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld anticipated.