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.
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.
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.