https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/14/aaron-mate-ben-norton-syria-war-us-withdrawal-turkish-invasion/
It should have been done better. But it's a rare day when ANY withdrawal from endless wars happens, and it is good this little bit finally happened. The very best day would have been before they ever happened, and the next best day each day after that.
The idea of waiting until some "stabilization" occurs--that isn't really waiting, it's still trying to win. Stability never happens so long as instability is actively supported.
Patrick Lawrence of Consortium News emphasizes how badly this withdrawal was done. But in the end, he agrees, that the final re-connection of Kurds to Syria was a very good thing.
Commenters mostly take the Very Good Thing idea.
However, there's still Idlib...and it appears the US has not even begun to withdraw from there.
And Afghanistan, Yemen, Venezuela, Iran, and Russia. We have terrorist sanctions and wars remaining to be resolved.
It should have been done better. But it's a rare day when ANY withdrawal from endless wars happens, and it is good this little bit finally happened. The very best day would have been before they ever happened, and the next best day each day after that.
The idea of waiting until some "stabilization" occurs--that isn't really waiting, it's still trying to win. Stability never happens so long as instability is actively supported.
Patrick Lawrence of Consortium News emphasizes how badly this withdrawal was done. But in the end, he agrees, that the final re-connection of Kurds to Syria was a very good thing.
Commenters mostly take the Very Good Thing idea.
However, there's still Idlib...and it appears the US has not even begun to withdraw from there.
And Afghanistan, Yemen, Venezuela, Iran, and Russia. We have terrorist sanctions and wars remaining to be resolved.
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