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The only thing WORSE than "two huge egos" (like Kim Jung Un and Traitor Donald) is SIX (or more) HUGE EGO's (Trump, Netanyahu of Israel, Putin, Assad of Syria, Erdogan of Turkey, and Rohani/Ali Khamenei of Iran). And remember....Netanyahu is going through his own battle with potentially being removed from office. It is a REAL CLUSTERF**CK waiting to happen.
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Quite right. Also, though, consider Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. They are rabidly anti-Iran, anti-Shiite, and thus anti-Assad.
Israel and the Saudis would like the US to stay in Syria, and overthrow Assad.
Doing so would put the US directly against Russia's declared interest in Syria, where they hold a base.
Israel, Saudi, and all the neo-cons (like Bolton) want the US to overthrow Assad. Trump will face incessant arguments and rationale for staying in Syria.
Given the risks of direct conflict with Russia here, the only sane, rational approach would be to leave Syria to Assad and Putin. God help the Syrian people. Though this outcome would be far better for them than an endless proxy war in their homeland.
Trump, on rare occasions, has sound instincts. Like pulling out of Syria. I frankly doubt he can stand up to the entrenched interests and neocons and actually pull out. We'll see.
