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Kelly D Johnston's avatar

Thank you for helping us make sense of this. The legacy media's coverage of this has been appalling and incompetent.

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Michael Schrage's avatar

yes

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Arrr Bee's avatar

Remember, the “glorious martyrs” of Hamas and Hezbollah, admired by the vicious, violent idiots of the Free Palestine cult, achieved this with their “resistance by any means”. Never has a group of spineless fools (the ‘progressives’) been so deeply wrong on taking moral and policy advice from the dumbest people in Western democracies.

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David Galinsky's avatar

For sure the language of the Middle East is strength. And the lesson learned is resolute action creates results. The opportunity for the United States to act for the betterment of the Middle East and the world is now. Hopefully we have mature actors in power. Thank you Ms. Pletka for clarity.

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DHOTTcTcy's avatar

In the cold light of history Obama’s foreign policy was disastrous. Partially the legacy of the Iraq war, partially his own hubris. The blood of millions is on his hands.

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Francisco J. Bernal's avatar

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the rise of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have created a volatile situation with significant implications for Israel and the region. Below are three potential scenarios outlining how this regime change could impact Israel’s security and geopolitical landscape

https://open.substack.com/pub/kfitzat/p/damascus-has-fallen?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1thu8o

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Rick Reiss's avatar

The Middle East is much like the Lernean Hydra from Ancient Greek Mythology.

The heads of Assad, Hamas and Hezbollah may have been decapitated, but what sort of heads will grow in their places?!?

As far as Syria goes … will the replacement regime be even worse than the “Papa Doc” and “Baby Doc” Assads that preceded it?

Take it to the bank that we are not witnessing the birth of Jeffersonian democracy in Damascus.

Reference: https://mythopedia.com/topics/hydra

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Danielle Pletka's avatar

Turkey is there (see note about its malign role). But in the sense that it deserves much more attention, amen. Our NATO “ally”. 🙄

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