Speaking on Monday, US Special Envoy James Jeffrey confirmed that the US is no longer demanding regime change in Syria, and is not actively trying to force President Bashar Assad from office.
That said, the American goal is “a regime that is fundamentally different,” even if it includes Assad. Jeffrey said Assad must accept such a compromise because he has “not yet won” the Syrian war.
The US has long demanded regime change as part of the end of the Syrian War, and even in staying in Syria militarily, officials had conditioned leaving on a successful transition, and insisted that Assad couldn’t be involved.
Now, there is resignation that Assad will stay, but Jeffrey says the US and its allies are prepared to withhold any aid to reconstruct Syria unless there is some assurance that the changes they are demanding are implemented.
This is comical.
As if anyone, let alone the Syrian population that overwhelmingly supports Dr.Assad would give a Fcuk what the “exceptional” infighting American fascist regime thinks about their President from one day to another.
Tomorrow it’s “Assad must go” or whatever the Zionist abomination occupying Palestine says all over again.
US (israel) thinks that by supporting Turd terrorists and occupying landlocked, mostly infertile but oil rich parts of Syria, it can decide the future of the region. But fact is that US can do nothing but sitting on the oil and that those areas are unsustainable since they are surrounded by hostiles, even US’s own allies that all want them out, and there are tens of thousands of shia militias under General Soleimani’s command on the Iraqi border and an increasing armed Arab uprising from within that very much could motivate the US to leave voluntarily.
It all boils down to how many losses the Americans themselves, not the regime, eventually sees as acceptable Is it 350 like in the barrack bombings in Lebanon -82? Or more? Could “terror attacks”, falling skyscrapers “support or troops” and independence day parades with flying saucers all over make them think otherwise?
Well , ‘no aid’,at least the US won’t be getting in the way then, by supporting insurgence, obstructing and sabotaging recovery ,by occupying territory or getting involved in otherwise nefarious schemes. Or am I assuming too much that what the US says has any relation to reality?
Hmmmm….wasn’t there a recent and perhaps ongoing outrage by the Left about election meddling in our elections by a foreign power (Russia) which turned out to be about as meaningful as a baby’s fart in a hurricane?
The Russians may have farted in our elections. But we bring hurricanes into the elections of others (think Monroe Doctrine, in the past; Syria, currently; Venezuela next).
To the extent that we destroy countries virtually completely if we don’t like the results of elections or even destroy them prior to elections we are the masters of chaos and should be and likely are universally hated throughout the world.
Personally, I’m aghast at the chaos our government makes around the world. And, to my knowledge absolutely none of it but perhaps for the world wars was authorized by Congress as the Constitution intended.
Interesting choice of words, considering the extraordinary efforts the US and Saudis went to to replace Assad with a FUNDAMENTALIST jihadist government, as preferable to one with good relations with Russia. Such is the permanent “War on Terror.”
Can we please GTFO out of Syria? We want it because we have sociopathic MONEY ADDICTS running things, and they want to control and profit from EVERYTHING everywhere. They want a US pipeline through Syria, etc. They need to be STOPPED.
As I remember Syria offerred to build that pipe-line and let companies rent capacities. But the global bussinesses and finance-moguls wanted it for nearly free (and build it themself). If so, they would control the syrian oil-export too. During the reconstruction Syria will build that pipe-line themself and as they need it , not others (they have to pay back all loans).
Kurds act as a free nation under US protection just now, but when Turkey soon attack them they will surrender under Syrian central government again, and Syria will guarantie no kurdish provocation against Turkey any more.
A complete withdrawal of all American troops and mercenaries would be the best solution to stability in Syria.
“Take that aid and shove it.”
Should be the reaction of every Syrian man women and child left alive from our humanitarian intervention.
Assad’s answer? Prove you’re serious – just f*ck off.
Laughable – “US and its allies are prepared to withhold any aid to reconstruct Syria”.
US and its allies really beleive they are going to be ALLOWED to even “take part”. IMF will NOT be part of this, course they are putting up unnecessary conditions like “green durability”, build windmills (Paris-agreement – instead of coalmills) etc. And neither western global bussinesses. IF Syria let those in, they as usual will hijack all Syrian natural reources witch was one course behind US attack. Syrian people have sufferred from the US-managed attack during soon 10 years and they want wellfare and that is only possible with continual-, cheap- and unrestricted access to electricity. Thats why coalmills are Syrias only option, fumes well cleaned with latest technology – of course.
The reconstruction of Syria will, under Syrian management, likely be offered to NDB, and that means most of the projects will be built by chineese global companies with chineese employées (and syrians). At most western global companies might get part-contracts under chineese headcontractors. That minimize usual western corruptions.