In an interview with MSNBC last night, President of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad contends the United States is “not serious” about defeating ISIS, especially compared with Russia. He attributes his recent success in gaining territory and degrading ISIS to Russia’s commitment to help. In contrast, he says the United States’ airstrikes are “counterproductive” and “ineffective.” With the help of Russia, Assad says that it will only be a “few months” before his army is able to regain control over Syria.
If Assad is able to regain control over Syria and make Syria “stable” again, the regime that has continuously crossed President Obama’s redline will once again have complete, autonomous power and control, posing an imminent threat to the civillians there.
He also says he is not paying attention to American politics because every president changes his or her policy once the office is taken. He believes the United States has been less than wise in the Middle East, adding American presidents are causing the United States to lose “credibility” in the region because of their tendency to make existing problems worse in the Middle East.
But, should he pay attention? Afterall, Trump and Clinton could not differ more in terms of foreign policy. If president, Trump would focus on ISIS, rather than Assad, as he has articulated numerous times. While he sees Assad as an evil dictator, he believes the civil war in Syria cannot be solved with a United States-assisted regime change. It is far too complicated. Clinton, on the other hand, might do the opposite, as she has consistently not shied away from intervening in conflicts such as this one. The Huffington Post reports,
Clinton herself has never shown the least reservation or scruples in deploying this instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Her record of avid support for US-led regime change includes (but is not limited to) the US bombing of Belgrade in 1999, the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the Iraq War in 2003, the Honduran coup in 2009, the killing of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, and the CIA-coordinated insurrection against Assad from 2011 until today.
While Trump will be focused on eliminating the threat of ISIS, Clinton might take on more than she can handle.
AAN Staff
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