Trump should rightly be skeptical of the media and political establishment's assertion that the Assad government was responsible for the (purported) chlorine gas attack on civilians which are pushing him for a military response.
The old adage of 'follow the money' applies here; ie. who stands to benefit. The only ones you can clearly exclude from that is Assad and Syrian army, who have had the upper hand for last 2 years at least. The last thing they want to do is bring direct U.S. intervention into play.
The timing of this incident is notable. In the immediate aftermath of Trump's musing about removing the remaining U.S. advisory troops from Syria. The most notable opponents of that are Israel and the militias opposing Assad. It is well with in the realm of possibility that Israel's Mossad collaborated with anti-Assad (some associated with Islam jihads) to retain a U.S. presence.
Israel more than anyone else opposes Assad and his Baathist party's secular pan Arab nationalism which they view as their primary existential threat. This would present a unified Arab coalition undivided by the factional and religious rivalry that has fractured their opposition in the past.
Trump should be very careful about being played by interest groups in the Syria, and those in Congress. Specifically the radical NeoCon American imperial globalists like Lindsay Graham and John McCain.
The old adage of 'follow the money' applies here; ie. who stands to benefit. The only ones you can clearly exclude from that is Assad and Syrian army, who have had the upper hand for last 2 years at least. The last thing they want to do is bring direct U.S. intervention into play.
The timing of this incident is notable. In the immediate aftermath of Trump's musing about removing the remaining U.S. advisory troops from Syria. The most notable opponents of that are Israel and the militias opposing Assad. It is well with in the realm of possibility that Israel's Mossad collaborated with anti-Assad (some associated with Islam jihads) to retain a U.S. presence.
Israel more than anyone else opposes Assad and his Baathist party's secular pan Arab nationalism which they view as their primary existential threat. This would present a unified Arab coalition undivided by the factional and religious rivalry that has fractured their opposition in the past.
Trump should be very careful about being played by interest groups in the Syria, and those in Congress. Specifically the radical NeoCon American imperial globalists like Lindsay Graham and John McCain.
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