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In reply to the discussion: Tulsi Gabbard's "Regime-Change War" is the language of Putin and Russia [View all]Celerity
(43,333 posts)22. Obama's Regime-Change Policy in Syria
When youre a superpower, you can do anything you want to, it seems.
https://www.thenation.com/article/obamas-regime-change-policy-syria/
The Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA are making war plans for Syria. And theyre pretty much announcing them.
Over the weekend, on a visit to Turkey, a NATO member, to meet with Syrian opposition leaders and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explicitly declared that Washingtons policy toward Syria is now in what she called the operational phase. We have been closely coordinating over the course of this conflict, but now we need to get into the real details of such operational planning, she said, adding: Our intelligence services, our military have very important responsibilities and roles to play, so we are going to be setting up a working group to do exactly that.
In her statement with Davutoglu, Clinton said that the United States is doing the following:
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https://www.thenation.com/article/obamas-regime-change-policy-syria/
The Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA are making war plans for Syria. And theyre pretty much announcing them.
Over the weekend, on a visit to Turkey, a NATO member, to meet with Syrian opposition leaders and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explicitly declared that Washingtons policy toward Syria is now in what she called the operational phase. We have been closely coordinating over the course of this conflict, but now we need to get into the real details of such operational planning, she said, adding: Our intelligence services, our military have very important responsibilities and roles to play, so we are going to be setting up a working group to do exactly that.
Make no mistake: this is regime change by force. Its not exactly like Iraq, and its not exactly like Libya (yet)but its regime change by force anyway.
In her statement with Davutoglu, Clinton said that the United States is doing the following:
First, supporting the opposition and their efforts to end the violence and begin the transition to a free and democratic Syria without Assad. The United States continues to provide the opposition with communications equipment and other forms of non-lethal assistance and direct financial assistance. We are coordinating our efforts with others who are also providing various forms of support.
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Tulsi Gabbard's "Regime-Change War" is the language of Putin and Russia [View all]
scheming daemons
Oct 2019
OP
I remember trolls hard at work repeating that President Obama was doing regime change.
betsuni
Oct 2019
#6
you do not win propaganda wars by saying things that simply are not true (ie. that Syria was never
Celerity
Oct 2019
#31
I simply disagree, and the original point I was making still stands. Regime change in Syria was the
Celerity
Oct 2019
#33
I do not support Gabbard at all, and I recently changed my mind and now think she will (and should)
Celerity
Oct 2019
#36
She's plastered Iowa with billboards and parts of Des Moines with yard signs
Algernon Moncrieff
Oct 2019
#8
the way she said it, it was like she thought it was a magic spell or something.
mopinko
Oct 2019
#18