Assad Must Stay: US Policy Shift In Syria?

[Origanalist]

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archive.../14/assad-must-stay-us-policy-shift-in-syria/

 

[charrob]

Happy Christmas, War is Over! Obama has now told the military to destroy the jihadist Frankenstein that they, and the cia, created for the purpose of overthrowing sovereign governments that are/were no threat to the U.S. whatsoever!

In all seriousness, really good interview; thanks for sharing. Interesting that Dr. Paul wants to get rid of the CIA; I couldn't agree more!


From RPI: http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2016/november/14/assad-must-stay-us-policy-shift-in-syria/:

"According to the Washington Post, President Obama did a 180 degree turn in Syria and will begin attacking al-Qaeda's affiliate in the country. The five year "Assad must go" strategy lies in tatters, as Assad will likely still be in power when it's time for Obama to go. What are the implications of this shift? We discuss on today's Liberty Report:"

Here's the Washington Post article that the OP's video is based on: Obama directs Pentagon to target al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, one of the most formidable forces fighting Assad:

President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to find and kill the leaders of an al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria that the administration had largely ignored until now and that has been at the vanguard of the fight against the Syrian government, U.S. officials said.

The decision to deploy more drones and intelligence assets against the militant group formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra reflects Obama’s concern that it is turning parts of Syria into a new base of operations for al-Qaeda on Europe’s southern doorstep, the officials said.

The move underlines the extent to which Obama has come to prioritize the counter-terrorism mission in Syria over efforts to pressure President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, as al-Nusra is among the most effective forces battling the Syrian government.

That shift is likely to accelerate once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump has said he will be even more aggressive in going after militants than Obama, a stance that could lead to the expansion of the campaign against al-Nusra, possibly in direct cooperation with Moscow. The group now calls itself Jabhat Fatah al-Sham — or Front for the Conquest of Syria — and says it has broken with al-Qaeda, an assertion discounted by U.S. officials.

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Obama’s new order gives the U.S. military’s Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, wider authority and additional intelligence-collection resources to go after al-Nusra’s broader leadership, not just al-Qaeda veterans or those directly involved in external plotting.

In the president’s Daily Brief, the most highly classified intelligence report produced by U.S. spy agencies, Obama was repeatedly told over the summer that the group was allowing al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan and Afghanistan to create in northwest Syria the largest haven for the network since it was scattered after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Officials also warned Obama that al-Nusra could try to fill the void as its rival, the Islamic State, lost ground.

Lisa Monaco, Obama’s White House homeland security and counter-terrorism adviser, said Obama’s decision “prioritized our fight against al-Qaeda in Syria, including through targeting their leaders and operatives, some of whom are legacy al-Qaeda members.”

“We have made clear to all parties in Syria that we will not allow al-Qaeda to grow its capacity to attack the U.S., our allies, and our interests,” she said in a statement. “We will continue to take action to deny these terrorists any safe haven in Syria.”

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While al-Qaeda’s central leadership in Pakistan has been decimated, the United States now faces more threats involving more extremists from more places than at any time since 9/11, Nicholas J. Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told a Senate committee in September.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Assad Must Stay: US Policy Shift In Syria?

The White House announced last week that it was shifting its approach on Syria. From now on it would target al-Qaeda in Syria instead of backing them to overthrow Assad.

 

[Origanalist]

Ahem...cough, cough...

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?504041-Assad-Must-Stay-US-Policy-Shift-In-Syria

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Ahem...cough, cough...

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?504041-Assad-Must-Stay-US-Policy-Shift-In-Syria

I thought it had been posted, but only checked the Ron Paul subforum. We usually put them here.

Front page...

 

[Origanalist]

I thought it had been posted, but only checked the Ron Paul subforum. We usually put them here.

Front page...

Ya, I should have put it there. Proper placement isn't one of my strong points. :o