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New: Trump is condemning millions of Syrians to Assad and Iran’s cruelty washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/… by me @PostOpinions
@PostOpinions The far greater impact of Trump’s disastrous Syria withdrawal is that millions of Syrian civilians will soon find themselves living under the control of Assad or Iran, which is a fate crueler than any other. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@PostOpinions By withdrawing from Syria, "Trump is handing Iran more power and wealth than it ever got as part of the Obama-era nuclear deal."

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@PostOpinions The U.S. was keeping a third of Syria free from Assad and Iran. But Trump just gave all that leverage up, for nothing, and left those innocent Syrians to suffer Assad's cruelty. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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.@KamalaHarris calls @TulsiGabbard an "apologist for an individual, Assad, who has murdered people in his country like cockroaches. She has embraced and been an apologist for him... I can only take her criticisms so seriously."
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The National Security Adviser of Afghanistan just told a room full of reporters that U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalizad is trying to “delegitimize the Afghan government,” perhaps so he can take it over for himself. Wow.
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As expected, the #Assad regime - supported by #Russia & yes, #Iran-backed militias - is well into a pre-planned offensive vs. opposition-held areas in S/SW #Syria.

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