Posts Tagged: Trump Syria
The Dark Side of Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda
JNS.org - In retrospect, no one should be shocked by the news that the United States has given the green light to Turkey for a...
Donald Trump’s ‘Obama Moments’ in Syria and the Gulf
On June 3, 2019, President Donald Trump tweeted: “Hearing word that Russia, Syria and, to a lesser extent, Iran, are ‘bombing the hell’ out of...
Germany Rejects Trump’s Call for Ground Troops in Syria
Germany on Monday rejected demands by the United States to deploy ground troops in Syria, a stance likely to anger President Donald Trump who wants...
Hundreds of US Lawmakers Ask Trump Administration for Syria Strategy
Hundreds of members of the US Congress signed a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday arguing that the United States should remain engaged with the...
In Syria, Russia Reveals Its Nefarious Aims and Alliance with Iran
It is amazing how little Bashar Assad and the Syrian government have to do with the disposition of Syrian assets and territory, as the murderous rampage of the last...
Trump Says All Islamic State Territory Retaken, Contradicting Allied Commander
President Donald Trump told American troops on Thursday that US-backed forces in Syria have retaken 100 percent of the territory once held by Islamic State...
Trump and the Left Are Wrong: America Must Take an Active Role in the World
JNS.org - Precipitously and with no plan in place, Donald Trump announced late last year his intention to withdraw all American troops from Syria. Until then,...
Will Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria Endanger the Region and Israel’s Security?
JNS.org - A decision by Donald Trump to pull some 2,000 American special force troops from eastern Syria will provide a boost to Russia and...
Donald Trump, the Syrian Kurds — and ‘Never Again’
According to a recent poll, 37 percent of Americans believe that Benjamin Franklin -- not Thomas Edison -- invented the light bulb. But Americans’ historical...
Amid Trump’s Withdrawal, Israel Is Still Doing America’s Dirty Work in Syria
JNS.org - For some observers, this past weekend’s revelations about Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria was just politics as usual in the Jewish...
White House Says Trump Position Unchanged as Syria Withdrawal Plans Slow
The White House sought to make the case on Monday that President Donald Trump had not changed his position on withdrawing US troops from Syria,...
Withdrawing from Syria Betrays the Kurds — and American Values
In the last few weeks, many people have been troubled and outraged by Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria. I am chief among them....
Trump’s Premature Withdrawal from Afghanistan Would Be a Major Blunder
Three momentous changes were recently announced by the White House in rapid succession. First, we learned that President Donald Trump is pulling American troops out...
Syria Withdrawal Proves Trump Is Both Unpredictable and Unreliable
As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Trump demonstrated with his announcement of US troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan that his insistence the “world is...
