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It’s Russiaphobia gone mad. Yeah just like when Trump withdrew troops from northern Syria and gave the ok to Turkey to invade, the media in the US said it would

It’s Russiaphobia gone mad. Yeah just like when Trump withdrew troops from northern Syria and gave the ok to Turkey to invade, the media in the US said it would please Syria and Russia (!) Like, why would Syria and their ally be happy about a loss of Syrian territory?

pavlov 7y ago
Imagine you're a tinpot dictator. A corner of your country is home to a stubborn group of people who were there before you ever appointed yourself President for life. They feel no allegiance to you and would like to create an independent nation-state. Unfortunately for you, they're supported by the world's most powerful military. One day the commander-in-chief of that powerful military decides to pull out his troops so that his friend — another tinpot dictator like you — can invade the land of those stubborn people. You find this development quite pleasing because the stubborn ones you've long been hoping to wipe out have lost their only ally, and you'd much rather fight your neighbor dictator than the world's most powerful military. Besides, an old friend of yours has promised to lend a hand there as soon as the powerful military is out of the picture.
- a_tractor 7y ago
  Most Trump voters elected him to do exactly this and put an end to US entanglement with the Bush/Obama interventionist wars in the ME. That it happens to please or displeases some "tinpot dictator" or Putin or some nomadic group or mercenaries on the other side of the planet is really not the primary concern. Not sure what is so confusing about that, or how you feel the need to come up with such an elaborate conspiracy theory to explain something that should be so completely obvious, but it reeks of confirmation bias, to say the least.
- Synaesthesia 7y ago
  Right now the Syrian army is saving the Kurds from the Turks. Syrians and Kurds have historically gotten along much better than the Turks, who have savagely attacked the Kurds in their own country and are now doing so in Syria.

pavlov 7y ago

Imagine you're a tinpot dictator. A corner of your country is home to a stubborn group of people who were there before you ever appointed yourself President for life. They feel no allegiance to you and would like to create an independent nation-state. Unfortunately for you, they're supported by the world's most powerful military. One day the commander-in-chief of that powerful military decides to pull out his troops so that his friend — another tinpot dictator like you — can invade the land of those stubborn people. You find this development quite pleasing because the stubborn ones you've long been hoping to wipe out have lost their only ally, and you'd much rather fight your neighbor dictator than the world's most powerful military. Besides, an old friend of yours has promised to lend a hand there as soon as the powerful military is out of the picture.

a_tractor 7y ago
Most Trump voters elected him to do exactly this and put an end to US entanglement with the Bush/Obama interventionist wars in the ME. That it happens to please or displeases some "tinpot dictator" or Putin or some nomadic group or mercenaries on the other side of the planet is really not the primary concern. Not sure what is so confusing about that, or how you feel the need to come up with such an elaborate conspiracy theory to explain something that should be so completely obvious, but it reeks of confirmation bias, to say the least.
Synaesthesia 7y ago
Right now the Syrian army is saving the Kurds from the Turks. Syrians and Kurds have historically gotten along much better than the Turks, who have savagely attacked the Kurds in their own country and are now doing so in Syria.