Is this major? The $200 million Trump didn't want to spend on Syria seems like him just viewing that type of soft power as a waste, and he didn't want to bomb ISIS because they were attacking Syria and Iran.
Yes, it is major. If the US stops backing the Kurds/SDF/other "freedom" militias then Assad doesn't fall, and Greater Israel can't go ahead. But the State Department kept US troops in the region and kept the money flowing and Assad goes down shortly after. Then, whaddya know, Israel simply gobbles up parts of Syria, lebensraum style.
OK, I see what you're saying. I think a more plausible explanation is that he just didn't understand that situation because he wasn't invested. That fits there not being consequences to his own admin defying him.
Trump still moved the embassy to Jerusalem, killed Soleimani, bombed Syria, and adopted the IHRA definition for them in his first term.
I didn't say he was hostile or even neutral to Jewish interests. But he clearly went against a major point in their agenda.
Is this major? The $200 million Trump didn't want to spend on Syria seems like him just viewing that type of soft power as a waste, and he didn't want to bomb ISIS because they were attacking Syria and Iran.
Yes, it is major. If the US stops backing the Kurds/SDF/other "freedom" militias then Assad doesn't fall, and Greater Israel can't go ahead. But the State Department kept US troops in the region and kept the money flowing and Assad goes down shortly after. Then, whaddya know, Israel simply gobbles up parts of Syria, lebensraum style.
OK, I see what you're saying. I think a more plausible explanation is that he just didn't understand that situation because he wasn't invested. That fits there not being consequences to his own admin defying him.