The article was written in 2018. The majority of the argument falls apart since we withdrew from Syria and much ado about nothing was made of the few advisers to the Kurds leaving with them. so there goes Israel's expansion plan. It's pretty much a bullshit opinion piece to provide an intellectual pseudo argument against DA JOOOS!
"If U.S. troops do leave northeastern Syria, the U.S. military occupation of northeastern Syria may end, but the administration’s policy on containing Iran in Syria through other means would still be operational.
Indeed, NBC News reported in October that the administration was developing a “new” Syria policy that would forgo a U.S. military presence in the country and would instead “emphasize political and diplomatic efforts to force Iran out of Syria by squeezing it financially,” and would “withhold reconstruction aid from areas where Iranian and Russian forces are present” in addition to imposing “sanctions on Russian and Iranian companies working on reconstruction in Syria.”
The article was written in 2018. The majority of the argument falls apart since we withdrew from Syria and much ado about nothing was made of the few advisers to the Kurds leaving with them. so there goes Israel's expansion plan. It's pretty much a bullshit opinion piece to provide an intellectual pseudo argument against DA JOOOS!
"If U.S. troops do leave northeastern Syria, the U.S. military occupation of northeastern Syria may end, but the administration’s policy on containing Iran in Syria through other means would still be operational.
Indeed, NBC News reported in October that the administration was developing a “new” Syria policy that would forgo a U.S. military presence in the country and would instead “emphasize political and diplomatic efforts to force Iran out of Syria by squeezing it financially,” and would “withhold reconstruction aid from areas where Iranian and Russian forces are present” in addition to imposing “sanctions on Russian and Iranian companies working on reconstruction in Syria.”