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Eugene

(61,900 posts) Thu Mar 30, 2017, 08:26 PM Mar 2017

Removing Assad no longer a priority - US

Source: BBC

Removing Assad no longer a priority - US

30 March 2017 US & Canada

The US representative to the United Nations has said that the US is no longer prioritising the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters on Thursday "we can't necessarily focus on Assad the way that the previous administration did".

Under President Barack Obama, the US said Assad must go and backed rebels fighting against him.

But US resources shifted after the rise of the so-called Islamic state.

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Removing Assad no longer a priority - US (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2017 OP

And Russia supports Assad. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1

We kinda lost when Assad took back Aleppo Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #2

Wow I actually agree with a Trumper. Jake Stern Mar 2017 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

1. And Russia supports Assad.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2017, 08:28 PM

Mar 2017

But that must be just a coincidence.

Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)

2. We kinda lost when Assad took back Aleppo

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2017, 08:33 PM

Mar 2017

Gotta go with the winning team. And I think we learned our lesson after Saddam. The way we overthrow these people is via CIA ops. Literally the only method proven to work.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)

3. Wow I actually agree with a Trumper.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Mar 31, 2017, 01:23 AM

Mar 2017

Perhaps we need to take a break from the whole regime change business for awhile, considering our smashing successes in Iraq and Libya.

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