Here’s an entirely rational documentary that uses administation officials own words. It’s not one you’ll see on mainstream media because it exposes The truth about the secret war in Syria which began under Obama.
Good. Finally something that actually moves us on from Trump.
That wasn't a documentary, however. It was a very biased report that covered the US's involvement in Syria and completely ignored the roots of the insurrection and Assad's brutal totalitarian regime. No mention of the war crimes that Assad committed. There was a hilarious point made at the end: that Kamal Harris called out Gabbard for being an Assad apologist when in fact she is an apologist for Assad AND Putin. Also, did I mention that Assad IS a war criminal?
The format of the vid is one that is repeatedly used by propagandists -- a few minutes of factual but selected statements by officials and the rest of the 25 minutes in that vid were filled by a talking head who tells his listeners what to think. He even fills in on the comments made by the officials, even telling his audience what that official was thinking, as if that is possible. So, don't call it a documentary, it was an infomercial.
Putting the fake news aspect of this piece aside, putting the problems with Gabbard aside and putting the bias of this piece aside -- not dismissing how it glosses over the facts with obvious logical fallacies, just saying -- "OK, so there are problems with this video. Keeping that in mind, what does this say about Biden's position in Syria?".
@Choco8 , you do realize that none of this would have happened if Assad had negotiated with the leaders of the uprising that started all of this. Instead, he had them arrested, tortured and murdered. People whose only transgression was to demand civil rights and an end to his dictatorship? What defense is there for that? Why do you expect the US, led by Obama and now Biden, to support a regime like that?
Gabbard is just a useless idiot and a tool for Russia. Forget her. The complaints about US involvement -- I agree with anybody who complains about US's dirty wars -- I want them to stop too. So, what is Biden's foreign policy say about his intent? I'll just note that it doesn't even show up in the top 8 policy objectives listed by Biden's Secretary of State. Maybe due to it not being viewed as a major priority or perhaps it's because they would rather not discuss it. Probably the latter is true.
We have many people with whom we have made alliances over the past decade who are now holed up in the eastern third of Syria. The last thing we want is for ISIL or al-Qaida to gain control of it. Also, the oil and agricultural fields are leverage the US has against Assad. Hence the 500 or so troops in the area holding Syria's oil fields.
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current map is:
The pinkish red area is controlled by Assad's government forces. The yellow area is the one that the narrator in your vid weeped about. In that area is a coalition of Kurdish and rebel militia forces who oppose Assad. Do you propose the US just walk out of the area and abandon the territory to Assad? Why should we abandon allies in favor of a puppet government to Putin?