Eric Boehlert's interpretation of this Trump action, which he's advocated for years, seems extremely rational
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If it was say, Tulsi Gabbard, I'd say it's safe to ascribe humanitarian motive to this. Trump is no peacenik. This was a financial deal tho.
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No one ascribed "humanitarian" motives to Trump or claimed he was a peacenik. There are basic realpolitik reasons for doing this.
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It's the evil Russians plan to avert WWW 3.
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They see everything through their jaundiced Russia filter.
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Everybody hates Trump because he doesn't want to have an adversarial relationship (war) with Russia. Sheep led by Hills and neocons want war
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The #1  obj. in Syria are Kill Isis/create safe zones for Syrians to return. CIA getting out is a bow to the GCC & Jordan, not Russia.
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We just sold weapons to the Saudi coalition, remember. They will determine which rebels to back in their region. We will assist,when asked.
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Trump has always said he doesn't agree with arming "rebels" in Syria, interviews in 2015 an16 demonstrate this view.
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these morons look at it as if it were a transparent board game.
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The mighty US backed rebels have been irrelevant for atleast 2 years. Syrian army - kurds - turkish backed forces + islamists run the show.
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Valid point but for consistency sake shouldn't we also pull back on the bombing campaign?
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Don't ruin it for them. they've go tit all worked out in their heads, culminating in a Hillary/Lieberman 50 state sweep in 2020.
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It is good policy but it does fit in w/ Russia narrative. However it's not a clincher obviously. Take it in context w/ other decisions
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To be fair, something being rational makes it more likely that trump wouldn't do it
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