McCain Vents Against Obama’s Foreign Policy StrategyAssad maintains his support through terror, and by making minority communities complicit in his sectarian genocide so they will be fearful of what happens when he falls. Working with him is the terrible choice, leading some to support ISIS out of the despair of any alternative, when the only alternatives are flight and death. I'm told Brzezinski also says that Assad is no worse than other leaders in the region, I must have missed their chemical attacks and barrel bombs. Calling for an accommodation with Iran and Russia rather than supporting the Syrian revolution isn't an alternative to American foreign policy, it is the policy they've followed that has abandoned Syria to disaster.
" “Whether we like it or not,” Assad maintains significant support, Brzezinski said. “He’s still there – we have to take that into account.”
Scowcroft and Brzezinski also said they could foresee roles for China and Russia in countering the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, despite Russia’s support of the Assad regime.
“I wouldn’t rule out at some point getting some support from the Russians” against ISIS, Scowcroft said. “Among terrible choices, it’s one we should examine.” "
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