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After years of feckless foreign policy, there remain few options for dealing with Syria. None of them is particularly good.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/the_problem_of_syria_and_what_to_do_about_it.html
[A superbly-written, brief recent history of the Syrian nation and the debacle it has become, in large part — and not the least bit surprisingly — due to the Obama/Clinton crime families.]
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2011, Pre-ISIS:
Syria [is now] in civil war
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18417952
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Syrian Opposition Council Met with Islamist Cleric
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/11/11/syrian-opposition-council-means-with-extremist-cleric/print/
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2012:
Islamists Rising in Syria
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/02/islamists-rising-in-syria/print/
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The Real Story on Syria, and Why It Matters
“.. depending on who prevails, Syria will either remain part of the Shi’ite bloc dominated by Iran or become part of the Muslim Brotherhood Sunni bloc.“
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/02/the_real_story_on_syria_and_why_it_matters.html
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Understanding the Syrian revolution [and how ISIS later emerged]
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/04/understanding_the_syrian_revolution.html
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So, what, then, should Barack Obama have done about it?
Exactly the opposite of what he did do about it.
“Nothing could have been done” in Syria? False, Mr. Obama.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/09/nothing_can_be_done_in_syria_not_true.html
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Obama Administration Does it Again!
Empowers Largely Islamist Leadership for Syrian Revolution
http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/10/22/scoop-obama-administration-does-it-again/?print=1
[It was precisely those Islamist rebels who later became ISIS.]
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[Obama] focuse[d] on bringing down Assad regime
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-focuses-on-bringing-down-assad-regime-20120722-22i57.html
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Obama administration secretly prepar[ed] options for aiding Islamist Syrian opposition
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Obama authorize[d] secret U.S. support for Islamist Syrian rebels
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/us-usa-syria-obama-order-idUSBRE8701OK20120801
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“… there have been numerous indications before this that the resistance to the Assad regime is not made up of the democratic pluralists of mainstream media myth. Not surprisingly, that hasn’t stopped Barack Obama [from sending them weapons and other material, bought with your money].”
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/robert-spencer/dealing-with-the-devil-in-syria/print/
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Obama Arming Our Enemies
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/joseph-klein/arming-our-enemies/print/
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“Turkey is facilitating the transport of thousands more Islamist militants into Syria… [and Obama is] fully aware…”
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/u-s-turning-blind-eye-to-jihadists/print/
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Helping Islamists Take Syria
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/27/helping-islamists-take-syria/print/
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Gen. Jones: Obama not enforcing Syria red line a ‘colossal mistake’
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Despicable attempts to dodge Obama’s responsibility for Syria’s ‘red line’ failure
“Whatever happened to Obama’s Atrocities Prevention Board, so grandly announced at the Holocaust Museum years ago? The board never met. They were ‘just words.’”
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Obama’s Syria Catastrophe
How a cascading series of blunders by the Obama administration helped lead to the present humanitarian crisis.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264437/obamas-syria-catastrophe-joseph-klein
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2013, Obama’s Syrian-Islamist Snowball Became ISIS:
Obama increase[ed] assistance to Islamist Syrian opposition
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/us-syria-crisis-whitehouse-idUSBRE91Q0WB20130227
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Americans train[ed] Islamist Syria rebels in Jordan
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/10/us-syria-crisis-rebels-usa-idUSBRE9290FI20130310
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[Obama always knew he was supporting Islamist rebels in Syria, even admitting it.]
U.S.: Al Qaeda-linked Group Behind Benghazi Attack Trains Jihadists for Syrian Rebel Groups
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UK Intel: Al Qaeda and Jihadists in Syria ‘Most Worrying Emerging Terrorist Threat’
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Obama knew he was fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side
[With your money]
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Al-Qaeda Linked Syrian Rebels Attack Christian Village
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/09/04/Syria-rebels-attack-regime-held-Christian-village
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By 2015 & 16…
[Obama’s] CIA-Backed, ‘Vetted Moderate’ Syrians … Now Openly Working with Al-Qaeda
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Obama-Backed, ‘Moderate’ Free Syrian Army Threatens To Kill U.S. Special Forces
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Obama-determined Syrian ‘Moderate’ Rebels Flocking to Al-Qaeda After CIA Halts Weapons Pipeline
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Video Shows Islamist Syrian Rebel Group That Beheaded Child Still Using Obama-Provided TOW Missiles
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Another of Obama’s’Vetted Moderate’ Syrian Rebel Groups Officially Partners with Al-Qaeda
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Yet another U.S. ‘Vetted Moderate’ Syrians Defect to Al-Qaeda Affiliate
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Critics [saw] contradictions in Obama administration’s Syria claims
and…
Susan Rice’s claim that Obama got Syria to ‘verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile’
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Obama/Kerry State Dept. counted ‘bringing peace’ to Syria as a 2015 win
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/state-department-claims-peace-syria-2015-win-217168
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Obama’s Middle East: Iranian Arms Flow to Syria Via Iraq
American lives squandered on the president’s abandonment of the Iraq mission.
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Obama’s legacy continues to haunt Syrian civilians
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/04/obamas_legacy_continues_to_haunt_syrian_civilians.html
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ASND would like to point out that there were and are several good reasons to support attacking Assad’s WsMD facilities in Syria:
“… the Syrian crisis is in the end not about Syria, but Iran… because the loss of Syria would isolate Hezbollah and leave it vulnerable to destruction by Sunni forces.”
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2013/09/06/the-light-of-day/?print=1
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