Who has the major responsibility for creating the confrontation between the US and Russia in Syria? How have these two major nuclear powers moved closer and closer to the brink of World War III?
"On the US side, we got here starting with Bush’s aggression against Iraq. We got here more recently because Obama engaged the US in Syria. He should have stayed out of it and prevented so-called US allies from getting involved too, but he didn’t. Obama caved into Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf states, allowing them to import non-Syrian rebels into Syria and arming them. These states have their own reasons for wanting to reduce Syria to nothingness, but the US has an interest in not being dragged into Syria and not allowing the mistaken, petty, fearful and aggrandizing desires of these states to bring the world to the brink of World War III. Obama mistakenly called for Assad to leave. Obama mistakenly drew a chemical weapons red line, with direct US bombing of Syrian forces and infrastructure only being averted through Putin’s disarmament intervention. Obama, apparently seeking to silence critics and support rebels, followed up by inserting the CIA and special forces into the region and Syria. He followed up with failed programs to find and train moderate rebels. Politically, Obama has not been able to defuse the warmongers in both parties or marginalize them or place them on the defensive. They still are in positions of power and influence in Washington."
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"The US story line that Assad must be defeated before terrorism can be defeated is utterly wrong; it’s false and phony. What is needed to pull back from the brink is to pressure the countries that are supporting the non-Syrian rebels and the extremist rebels within Syria: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states. The American forces need to be withdrawn entirely. They’ve not wanted anyway, and they’re not contributing to the village by village peace efforts of Assad anyway. The US has to pressure these states to stop messing with Syria altogether and if that means public pressure and fissures, that needs to be done. That’s a prime way to defuse the potential conflict between the US and Russia."
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