RNA - All of this is most promising. But don’t hold your breath yet. In the same interview, Trump went on to offer several qualifiers about talks if “appropriate” and “under the right circumstances,” which suggest it almost certainly will never happen at all.
Same thing is true as regards the US handling of the Syrian crisis. For the “Assad must go” cabal, the anti-diplomacy bias that exists now has become almost preposterous. Just like his silly suggestions of diplomacy with North Korea, Trump will be collectively panned by mainstream outlets and roundly condemned by the political class in Washington and vassals in the region, if he starts talking peace with Syria as well.
Not that President Trump will ever visit Damascus. But even suggesting he might conceivably be in the same room as President Assad is a step too far for many in Washington, London, Paris, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh. The global criminal syndicate might have in the past offered at most tepid suggestions of international diplomacy to end the dirty war, but they will be quick to lash out at the very idea of diplomacy if Damascus decides to get on board.
For now, though, it doesn’t take a lifetime of study to know that North Korea’s legitimate resistance against Trump’s confrontational approach has finally paid off. Resistance is what forced Trump to at least back away from his threats to attack. The possibility of the US moving away from launching a major regional war and toward direct diplomacy should be a reason for applause, even if it is clearly very much a long shot.
After six years of war, terrorism and destruction, the idea that the US might also negotiate with the Syrian government - and its Iranian-Russian allies they aren’t on the best of terms with - appears to have become dramatically more controversial. This was underscored with Trump’s early talk of meeting with Russia and trying to negotiate a rapprochement.
While President Assad is able to do an “American reset” with relative ease, even Trump’s suggestion that having better US-Syria relations would be a good thing will be a target of derision across the Zionist-run “fakestream” outlets and Congress, with many ruthless heads of states and mass murderers such as Saudi Arabia clearly deeply invested in continuing the regime-change war and hostility.
On balance, things still look bleak for the long-suffering people of Syria. Even if the Syrian government asks to meet with the US government to end the war, the Trump administration will agree on the condition that “Assad goes.” Even after that, they won’t stop supporting their “moderate” terror proxies. They will also condition that on Iranian and Russian forces leaving Syria.
Under the resulting “agreed framework,” they would then ask Syria to convert itself from a sovereign to a client state for permanent presence of American occupying forces and military bases. In the meantime, the US government would turn the Syrian territory into a launching pad for future wars of aggression against its neighbors. Lastly, Washington would force Damascus to recognize and normalize political and economic relations with Israel - and forswear any support for the Palestinian resistance.
All of this is not promising. For Syria, the only way ahead has to be victory over foreign-backed terrorism and extremism, and that could only happen if Damascus doesn’t waste its precious time on false promises of diplomacy and rapprochement with the United States. Genuine diplomacy could only happen – and bear fruit - if Syria first wins the Real War on Terror in alliance with Iran and Russia. Only victory with great acclaim can force Washington to work out a deal to end its dirty campaign.
The fact is that what Iran and lately Russia have been attempting to do, is to help clean up the mess war-party Washington and allies made in Syria. Syria would have no terrorism and chaos if Washington’s support for “moderate” terrorists had been halted.
The purpose of any diplomacy – “if appropriate and under the right circumstances” - is for Washington to effectively re-impose regime change – something it couldn’t do militarily. Syria is under no international obligation to give up its legitimate fight against foreign-backed terrorism and extremism.
Let us dispense, once and for all: The United States and its regional allies have made a royal mess of things. The question is not would Trump be ‘honored’ to meet Syrian leader as well – that is after his imaginary meeting with the North Korean leader. The more appropriate question is whether the Syrian government can trust the US government. The six years of US-backed war, horror, bloodshed, economic warfare and regime-change policies says no. This is the way to go.
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