President Trump ended his visit to Saudi Arabia by meeting with Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, a founding member of Al-Qaeda in Syria, who now has the title of “interim president” in Damascus.
I’m angry personally. The man was never fit to rule and it shows. The situation would nor have gotten to such a state if he had political expertise.
Still, he was dealt a horrible hand and was clearly preferable to the fundementalist scum ruling Syria at the moment.
The people that infuriate me more then anyone else are the Syrians who claim that everyone critical of the literal headchopping jihadist is an Assadist and clearly not Syrian. All it takes us being an Shia or Alawite to disprove that narrative but it’s obvious these people only care about Sunni Arab supremacy.
Almost got into an argument with a liberal I’m working with on a project, considering my father is from there, but determined it wasn’t worth the effort when we have deadlines to keep and group cohesion (being the project manager makes that more my responsibility as well).
For any normal country, he would have been a fine president, the 10 years before the war were by accounts of many Syrians, quite alright. However, seeing how things ended up, he was absolutely not capable to navigate a civil war, and was far too reliant on Russia overall, to the point his military was no longer loyal to the government, and sanctions were able to hollow out the country into collapse. Civil wars are won not just with pure military force, but also by winning over the people’s hearts and minds, which I think he failed to do.
I’m angry personally. The man was never fit to rule and it shows. The situation would nor have gotten to such a state if he had political expertise.
Still, he was dealt a horrible hand and was clearly preferable to the fundementalist scum ruling Syria at the moment.
The people that infuriate me more then anyone else are the Syrians who claim that everyone critical of the literal headchopping jihadist is an Assadist and clearly not Syrian. All it takes us being an Shia or Alawite to disprove that narrative but it’s obvious these people only care about Sunni Arab supremacy.
Almost got into an argument with a liberal I’m working with on a project, considering my father is from there, but determined it wasn’t worth the effort when we have deadlines to keep and group cohesion (being the project manager makes that more my responsibility as well).
For any normal country, he would have been a fine president, the 10 years before the war were by accounts of many Syrians, quite alright. However, seeing how things ended up, he was absolutely not capable to navigate a civil war, and was far too reliant on Russia overall, to the point his military was no longer loyal to the government, and sanctions were able to hollow out the country into collapse. Civil wars are won not just with pure military force, but also by winning over the people’s hearts and minds, which I think he failed to do.