Recent intensified fighting and offensive action in Idlib proved the U.S. is losing its idea leadership. The more so, there is much talk today about the risks of a new era of American isolationism and a lack of US leadership in the world.
The war in Syria indeed draws to an end, most obviously. There will be more mess, in all likelihood — wars almost always having frayed ends — but the outcome is clear. The Islamic State, along with the sectarian Salafists the U.S. financed and armed, are headed into history, but into history of Syria. Continue reading “Why the US Re-Deploy HTS-ISIS terrorists from Idlib to Afghanistan”