Obama/Clinton did cause it. Taking out Khadaffi led people to believe we'd intervene everywhere else. Allying with a terrorist organization in Egypt after their revolt also. Drawing the red line in the sand and not doing anything after chemical weapons were used allowed the Russians to punk Obama - Putin stepped in and played peacemaker, supposedly removing Syria's WMDs. Now we're stuck with Russia having a military base and presence in the Middle East. You betcha. Thanks Obama.
Foolish... We choose when to intervene. We should not intervene in any of these people's bullshit but we do. Don't try to act like you knew what the Arab people were thinking when it came to Gaddafi. You don't. The Assad regime has been killing those people for decades. It has nothing to do with Obama and you need to stop conflating the two.
Clinton was talking about arming insurgents, and we did. Obama declared regime change our objective there. Instead of fighting only ISIS there, we're fighting ISIS and Assad (and Russia). Open your eyes.
He did. It's funny when the facts are on my side and you declare I somehow lost. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/obama-clinton-syria-red-line-228585 Obama was wary of entanglement in Syria. Hours before Clinton’s arrival, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave him an escape hatch. Putin offered to force his ally, Assad, to surrender his chemical arsenal if Obama promised not to bomb.
This is after Decades of of the Assad regime. The Civil War was not caused by us. again you're not making sense...
There was no civil war for decades. It's no coincidence that there became one due to Obama/Clinton foreign policy. As I said, we're now fighting Assad, ISIS, and via proxy, Iran and Russia (who prop up Assad). I originally wrote that I opposed expanding military action in the region beyond Afghanistan (which was the only hot war Obama inherited). I questioned even what victory in Afghanistan could possibly be, too. In comparison, Trump inherited hot wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, plus he's got to deal with the aftermath of the foolish intervention in Libya. I argue for non intervention and keeping our miliitary from bombing civilians. You argue that the emperor did wear clothes, no matter what the facts show. And you argue for intervention, apparently.
USA Today for the win. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...department-during-middle-east-chaos/87582276/ Syria Before Clinton: Syria was a brutal dictatorship led by Assad, the president belonging to a minority Shiite sect and a close ally of Iran. Clinton’s role: The Arab Spring uprising in Syria led to civil war in 2011 after Assad’s military opened fire on unarmed democracy demonstrators. Clinton saw the uprising as an opportunity to disconnect Syria from the destabilizing influence of Iran. The U.S. ambassador to Syria encouraged democracy protesters. Clinton and other top advisers urged Obama to increase U.S. support to moderate, secular Syrian rebel groups and to impose a no-fly zone in Syria to prevent Assad’s air force from targeting civilians. But Obama rejected the advice. The precursor to the Islamic State first formed as a militant army that took control of areas in Syria vacated by retreating Assad troops. After Clinton: The Islamic State grew exponentially after Obama failed to follow through on his 2012 "red line" warning to Assad not to use chemical weapons. Assad used them against rebels in 2013, but the United States did not retaliate, a signal to the rebels that the U.S. would not come to their aid. After Clinton left office, Obama agreed to help train Syrian rebel groups to fight the Islamic State but not Assad. The civil war continues, with 250,000 to more than 400,000 people dead so far, according to varying estimates, most at the hands of Assad and his allies. About half of Syria’s pre-war population of 22 million fled to neighboring countries, and hundreds of thousands entered Europe, creating a migrant crisis along with fears that a wave of Islamic State-inspired terrorism in Europe could worsen. Iraq Before Clinton: Four years after President George W. Bush ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the presence of 145,000 U.S. troops finally reduced violence from an anti-U.S. insurgency. Obama pledged during his 2008 presidential campaign to bring the troops home, and he did in 2011. Clinton’s role: Clinton sought unsuccessfully to mediate between the Baghdad government and opposition groups to head off sectarian divisions. The State Department also failed to reach an agreement with Iraq's government on a law that would provide legal protection for a small contingent of U.S. forces that would remain to help keep the peace. Violence flared again, as Iraq’s elected government, dominated by the country's Shiite majority, pursued policies that alienated the country’s Sunni Arab and Kurdish minorities. After Clinton: As a result, Sunni tribes that had helped the U.S. military defeat al-Qaeda welcomed the Islamic State fighters when the fellow Sunnis swept into Iraq from neighboring Syria in 2014. Obama then agree to send military trainers and advisers back to Iraq. More than 4,000 are there now.
There was no violence in the streets before the American Revolution which took place on Washington's watch.
Uh? The presidents of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution were; Henry Middleton Peyton Randolph John Hancock. Washington became the first President of the US after the passage of the US Constitution about 13 years after the start of the American Revolution.
You realize in 2007, Obama opposed the surge. The surge worked and the precursor to ISIS was all but eradicated. Obama crowed about that fact in justifying turning over Iraq to our enemies. W is responsible for the rise and fall of Al Qaeda in Iraq, not ISIS.
Susan Rice has her fingerprints all over assorted wrongdoings. https://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-wmd-intelligence-failure-1491605634 Obama WMD Intelligence Failure Susan Rice said Assad had given up all his chemical weapons.
