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The American president crowed about it on Twitter, claiming to have saved "many lives."
#Syria 3/xhttps://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/884142582191849474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fla-pol-updates-trump-tweets-syria-cease-fire-htmlstory.html … -
But fighting in the southwest is not especially intense (compared to other parts of
#Syria). 4/xpic.twitter.com/tLbiVdEa0t
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#Israel set up a buffer zone there, and is upset with Trump helping Assad regain control of the border area. 6/xhttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.801612 … -
Trump also revealed (on Twitter) a US covert program to help rebels in
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Trump announced he stopped supporting the anti-Assad rebels. That's not necessarily a bad thing on its own.
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#Assad force in southwest#Syria has been#Hezbollah. Trump just helped their position on#Israel's border. 11/x -
And what did Trump get from Putin in exchange for the US doing something
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#Russia has been arming the#Taliban, who are killing US soldiers and American allies in#Afghanistan. 15/x http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/17/evidence-russian-military-support-for-afghan-taliban-is-growing.html … -
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Trump abandoned people the US has worked with in
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Either
#Putin has leverage over#Trump, or Trump doesn't know what he's doing and got played. (Or both).#Syria 19/xpic.twitter.com/nzuStbYOrB
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Maybe next time, consult with allies, and don't change America's
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If better relations, then US and Russia both get something. But Russia got something (as did Iran) and US (and US allies) got nothing.
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If it translates into tangible benefits, no. If it doesn't, then yes.
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I can only go off of available evidence. If evidence emerges that the US got something in exchange, I'll change my analysis.
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Getting them to stop selling weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan would be a good start.

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