Reports throughout the week that President Trump intended to order the State Department and Pentagon to create plans for the establishment of safe zones inside Syria appear to have fallen through at the last minute, as the final version of the executive order said to contain the clause no longer makes any reference to it.
The safe zone order, which was said to still be “pre-decisional,” had fueled considerable concern among Pentagon officials who said the idea was “ambiguous.” It was in draft versions reported on of the executive order restricting immigration and visas for visitors from Muslim countries.
Trump was reportedly to have said he intended to “do” safe zones in Syria on humanitarian grounds, but the administration offered no real details on what they intended to do. Moreover, the Pentagon discussed the matter with the expectation the order would come, with a spokesman urging people to give Trump a chance to articulate the plan.
Officials have not, however, discussed the fact that the language was absent from the executive order Trump ultimately signed, leaving open the question of whether this represents simply a temporary back-down from the idea, or a complete abandonment of the plan.
There already are safe zones in Syria. They are called Syrian Government held territory…
Exactly.
I must agree Never thought of that We can give assistance to Assad’s safe zones . Any extra safe zones would be safe Zones for the head chopper and we should want them destroyed .
I’ve said similar. That the existing safe zones are called Damascus, Aleppo (since December) and Tartous. Amazing the some dufus asked me WTF I was talking about and I had to explain it.
The spoiled brat lying hustler with narcissistic personality disorder is just playing president. A pre-decisional alternative fact in a post-truth world.
you couldn’t be more wrong. Trump was only floating the idea, after talking to Putin, he rescinded it. Compromise and cooperation shows he is flexible and reasonable.
That may be taking it a little far, but I have been pleasantly surprised that the Trump admin has been engaging in some notable compromise and cooperation. Hopefully that’s just the beginning.
Float a stupid idea. Get talked out of it by adults. That’s flexible and reasonable? Your standards are low.
Conversation with Vlad??
The likely plans would be for things Trump said he would not do.
He has been clear that he does not want to fight Russia in Syria. Hillary did, and that distinguished them in real terms.
Note that even the original suggested language for a plan was for safe zones that might not be in Syria.
Sep 3, 2013 The Syrian War What You’re Not Being Told
What’s really going on in Syria? Let’s look at the evidence.
https://youtu.be/dkamZg68jpk
Great job on the video. That’s the kind of ecucation Trump needs but that’s assuming he would be receptive to learning it.
He’s not and never will be becasue he’s a phony.
And now we’re learning just how ignorant of everything he really is!
Which leads me to a conclusion that we at this site need to come to accept. Those who he has put in place to deal with US wars and make the decisons, are bringing some very bad news.
Mad Dogs amongst them!
Simple the US caused the Syrian Problem by funding Al Nusra Front and others to make regime change in Syria, the UNSAFE regions are those that are held by the Terrorists that the US funded, the Refugees RAN AWAY from the groups that the US Funded and while Assad was not the leader the US wanted the people were NOT killed by Assad because of their religion Little Girls were allowed to go to school Burkas were not mandatory and most definitely little schoolgirls were not used as sex slaves and non Sunni males were not executed on the spot, The US claims they want regime change to spread Democracy and then USE Al Qaeda to do it the most repressive sect of Wahhabi Sunni Muslims. The best way that the US can help is LEAVE and no longer fund Al Nusra or any other group, they can also stop the Saudis and other Arab States form doing the same! We should also remember that the US has for many years been on the course of using Al Qaeda they used them in Afghanistan but we called them the Mujahideen that also included the Taliban, Al Nusra Front came out of Al Qaeda in Iraq they used to battle the US marine and Army, but hey State and the CIA decided to again use them for Regime Change in Libya and Syria and who did they give the world ISIS. Trump has the ability to completely fix the decades long problem sadly though he has already failed!
Donald Trump is like a box of chocolates….
And all this after a conversation with Putin. Coincidence?
They are probably backing down because it is unworkable for the US to establish safe zones. The US can destroy ISIS and the Turks can move in and make it a “safe zone”, but that’s about the extent of it.