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righteous » 04 Jun 2023, 4:40 pm » wrote: ↑

04 Jun 2023, 4:40 pm

 OBAMAS PREMATURE U.S TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN 2011 HELPED GIVE THE SPACE IT NEEDED TO REGENERATE WHILE YEARS LATER BIDENS OPEN DOOR POLICY JUST GAVE MAJOR CELLS EASY INFILTRATION TO COLLABORATE FOR FUTURE INTERNAL ACTS OF TERRORISM.

FOR TRUMP, THE CONSEQUENCE OF ACCEPTING OBAMAS STRATEGIC PREMISES WAS THAT IT ALSO ACCEPTED THE MANY FLAWS. IT BEGINS WITH THE KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY(PKK), A MARXIST ORGANIZATION THAT AIMED TO CREATE A KURDISH STATE IN TURKEYS SOUTHEAST. THE PKK IS THE SWORN ENEMY OF TURKEY, AND WAS DESIGNATED A FOREIGN-TERRORIST ORGANIZATION IN 1997. IN 2003, THE PKK FORMED A SYRIAN FACTION, THE DEMOCRATRIC UNION PARTY. A YEAR LATER, AN ARMED WING OF THE PYD EMERGED CALLED THE PEOPLES PROTECTION UNITS(YPG). THE YPG IS THE DOMINANT FORCE WITHIN THE SDF, AND WHILE THE U.S. REGARDS IT AS A KEY PARTNER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS, THE YPG, PYD AND PKK ARE ALIGINED BOTH ORGANIZATIONALLY AND IDEOLOGICALLY.

ONE YEAR INTO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THE FACTS ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA AND IRAQ DID CHANGE DRAMATICALLY. ISIS LOST CONTROLOF MOSUL, THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN IRAQ. IN JULY 2017, THREE MONTHS LATER, THE SYRIAN CITY OF RAQQA FELL. MANY FIGHTERS RETREATED TO DEIR EZ-ZOR IN THE COUNTRYS EAST. IN NOVEMBER 2017 THAT TOO FELL. ABU-BAKR AL BAGHDADI'S CALIPHATE WAS IN TATTERS. THERE WAS MUCH MORE WORK TO DO AND TRUMP NEEDED ANOTHER TERM TO DO IT.