Money, arms, and assistance in many forms has come from Iran, Saudi Arabia, ably assisted by Russia, the USA, the UK et al. It makes me want to puke.
Syria has changed quite a lot. In the past it was just a proxy-war. US backed Al Nusra (Al Qaeda in Syria) and various other extremist militias, sometimes with funny results -
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-cia-pentagon-isis-20160327-story.htmlSaudi Arabia backed ISIS. Both US and SA did this to overthrow Assad. Then Russia and Iran came to help Assad against both ISIS and Al Qaeda. Now those proxy forces have mostly lost.
So now the big powers are getting involved directly. It is a big mess.
USA and the Kurds have stated that they will permanently occupy the oil-rich north of Syria (
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-tillerson/u-s-signals-open-ended-presence-in-syria-seeks-patience-on-assads-removal-idUSKBN1F62R8). Meanwhile Turkey (ally of US) is attacking the Kurds (ally of US). Israel is bombing Assad forces. Assad is allied with Russia (and some support from Iran) fighting against Al Nusra and ISIS (what is left of them), Israel and US/Kurd forces, while proposing an alliance with the Kurds - saying that US isn't protecting them from Turkey and that Assad will.
Meanwhile, a quiet alliance is being formed between Israel and Saudi Arabia, mainly targeting Syria and Iran.
This might get a lot worse before it gets better.
the account amassed at least 136,000 followers. Its tweets often racked up thousands of retweets, sometimes even from top Trump campaign staffers.
So how many Trump votes did this account (with 136k followers) get for Trump in November of 2016? What if all of those 136k followers were #MAGA folks already? What if 100k of those followers were from California and not from a swing state?
How many votes did some other pro-Clinton tweet from JK Rowling (UK citizen who has MILLIONS of followers on Twitter) get Clinton in November of 2016?
To trigger Trump voters: She is female, black, and not stupid. I.e. worse than Hillary, who is white.
To make sure those Twitter accounts would lose #MAGA followers? I can guarantee you that when I receive a #MAGA follower on Twitter because I criticize Chuck Schumer, I lose the same follower 5 minutes later when I retweet Michael Moore, Bernie Sanders or Noam Chomsky.
zheega, I herewith declare you a Russian asset, if not troll, and will ignore your comments.
You ignored half of my questions in this would-be-debate, claimed that posts on Facebook and Twitter are somehow "election interference", don't want to address questions about the same "election interference" (as defined by you) from UAE that was pro-Clinton and now you just want to quit. Ignoring my comments might be the best solution for you...
The trolls also amplified Black Lives Matter.
Oh yes. I see a lot of people now saying "BLM were Russian puppets" because some Twitter and Facebook accounts shared a few of their posts.
I also see a lot of people wanting to start censoring social media. Yet those same people are anti-Trump, but want to give Trump anti-1st Amendment powers.