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« Last post by mphgrove on Today at 08:37:03 AM »
Trying to be open minded here, just thinking about the fact that things can go on and on forever unless the pot is stirred up. Aside from the fact that I generally think he’s a deranged nut case, are there some positives? Here goes:
Syria - definitely in a better place than two years ago. This Syrian people did this on their own, but Trump played it exactly right in welcoming the new guy and allowing flexibility related to our own enclaves and Kurdish enclaves inside Syria.
Venezuela - no question better off under Delsey Rodriguez than under Maduro. But hold on: what about the international norm that one nation cannot just go in and change the leadership of another nation?
Israel/Lebanon - this COULD end up a positive but still way too early to tell. Both Israel and the sensible side of Lebanon (the majority there) would benefit from removing Hezbollah power. Too early to tell.
Israel/Gaza - a wash. Hamas emasculated, but the cost has been near genocide.
Cuba and Iran - I don’t see how either of these can turn out well for the people in either of those nations or the world at large. Neither of those populations can rise up against their own governments and we cannot just go in and take either of them over. Well, I suppose we could appoint Marco Rubio as President of Cuba. I don’t see that happening (thank God) and meanwhile we are facilitating sheer misery in Cuba.
And oh by the way nothing much has changed in Russia/Ukraine.