A week after the US attack on Syria, what exactly is the Trump Administration’s stance on Syria going forward? It’s not clear to anyone at this point, with even top Russian officials responding to a week of conflicting statements by saying the US stance is a “mystery.”
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the US rhetoric on Syria was “primitive and loutish,” and that he hoped that the rhetoric wasn’t an actual expression of US policy, though he added that the US statements were pretty inconsistent at any rate.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement expressing concern that Western nations, the US in particular, are trying to undo what progress has been made in peace talks brokered by Russia, Turkey,and Iran. This comment was made in the context of a Western-backed UN resolution condemning Syria, which Russia vetoed.
Russian officials are arguing that any resolution condemning anyone for chemical weapons strikes in Syria should come after an impartial international investigation into the matter, and complained that the US and other Western nations immediately decided who they intended to blame and aren’t interested in evidence that might contradict that.
This thing could actually finally reach the American people.
Sad that they don’t have the ability to understand anything more complicated than the hate propaganda they’ve been spoonfed starting from the cradle.
well they voted for Trump because they don’t want war, I’m sure Ron Paul was an excellent choice back in 2012 and before but it’s always hard for every country .
I seriously doubt that part of Trump’s offering was a main driver in his election – but it did prove a candidate with such a platform CAN win – even a candidate as polarizing as Trump with unprecedented media hostility and opposition form within his own party.
Candidates like Paul or Buchanan weren’t really a fair test becuse they’re not telegenic or charismatic enough to be electable at that level.
There’s an American mindset that must change. Perhaps in some way the Trump experience is destroying that vanity and feelings of power that are so destructive? How many Americans are going to bed with thoughts of a nuclear holocaust runing rampant in their heads? Some must by now be thinking that is what Trump is representing.
“Russian officials are arguing that any resolution condemning anyone for chemical weapons strikes in Syria should come after an impartial international investigation into the matter, and complained that the US and other Western nations immediately decided who they intended to blame and aren’t interested in evidence that might contradict that.”
Wow! Reality-based assessments. Truth. Fact. No Kool-Aid. It’s so disorienting.
Nothing new for America, at least. Remember the Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal building in 1995 which killed 168 people and injured hundreds more? The immediate reaction from the govt and the media was that Saddam Hussein had done it. Well, it turns out it was two great American ‘patriots’ who did it.