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The end of a CIA program for training and equipping rebels is a strategic shift by the United States in its approach to the Syrian civil war as it looks beyond the inevitable conventional defeat of the Islamic State.
Such a shift, however, even if it leads to less violence in the short term, is unlikely to secure a stable Syria.
Syria will remain a hotbed of unrest and conflict, a situation that the Islamic State will exploit to rebuild and other extremists will use to form new militant groups.
The end of a CIA program for training and equipping rebels is a strategic shift by the United States in its approach to the Syrian civil war as it looks beyond the inevitable conventional defeat of the Islamic State.
Such a shift, however, even if it leads to less violence in the short term, is unlikely to secure a stable Syria.
Syria will remain a hotbed of unrest and conflict, a situation that the Islamic State will exploit to rebuild and other extremists will use to form new militant groups.
In Syria, the U.S. Reverses Course
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I wish we would have thought about this before going in the biggest problem about these wars is there and been no thought as to what the political endgame is. What's the goal and how do we get there. This what happens when you don't properly address those issues before going into war.
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This will certainly make our ""Allies"" think twice. The Israelis will now have the Russians on their border
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