#TrumpEffect: Assad is About to Win Aleppo

Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
December 9, 2016

You see.

All it took to end this stupid war was a little bit of backing off. Let Russia do what they want to do.

It’s already just about over.

Oh, but you see – this is a dilemma for the US. Because they can’t openly and public support ISIS.

KGOU:

Syrian forces have now seized control of more than half of the territory in Aleppo once held by rebels who opposite President Bashar al-Assad, and supporters of the Assad regime expect victory in the country’s largest city.

It’s a crushing blow to the opposition, and could trigger a domino effect as rebels retreat to more rural areas of Syria.

“Most of the moderate militias that the United States had been arming and training are situated in Aleppo. Once Aleppo falls, the center of gravity for the opposition shifts to Idlib Province,” said Joshua Landis, the director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma and the author of the daily newsletter Syria Comment. “This is dominated by Islamists and jihadists like al Qaeda. The United States will not be able to support those people. So it’s hard to imagine how Assad is not going to really become the victor here.”

Landis said as the Assad regime gathers strength, people who had been on the fence about supporting either the Syrian government or the opposition will align with whoever they perceive to be the likely winner of the Syrian civil war. It’s also complicated by President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office a little more than a month from now. Landis says Trump tampered expectations of democracy promotion during his campaign – which runs counter to more than a decade of American foreign policy under presidents Bush and Obama.

“Americans are talking about stability and security in a way that supports dictators. This sends a message to the Middle East,” Landis said. “It is a big win for Russia and for Assad, and for Iran, frankly. And our allies – Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia – are very upset. They think that America is letting them down, and they’re very critical of us.”

LOL – the democracy triad of Turkey, Israel and Saudi Arabia!

Fighting the popularly-elected “dictator” Assad!

Who buys this nonsense???

Here’s some more details on the Aleppo situation on the ground.

DAWN:

Three weeks into a major offensive to retake all of Aleppo, government troops have captured about 85 per cent of territory rebels controlled in the city’s east and were continuing to push forward.

AFP correspondents in the city said rebel areas were facing intense bombardment.

In east Aleppo, terrified residents could be seen fleeing in the streets as heavy bombing shook opposition-held areas.

In the city’s west, the explosions from rebel bombing were so strong they shook the windows of buildings. Plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the east.

Cornered in a shrinking enclave in Aleppo’s southeast, the rebels have asked for a five-day ceasefire.

Western countries have backed the call, and US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov kept up talks on Thursday in an effort to halt the bloodshed.

In a wide-ranging interview with Syrian daily Al-Watan published on Thursday, Assad predicted victory for his forces in Aleppo, though he admitted that would not end the country’s conflict entirely.

“It’s true that Aleppo will be a win for us,” Assad said. “Let’s be realistic — it won’t mean the end of the war in Syria,” he said. “But it will be a huge step towards this end.”

Yeah, it’s pretty much the end of the war though.

The Obama administration is still whining to Russia.

A series of diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting this week have stalled, with Moscow and Washington trading accusations of blame.

Moscow is a key Assad ally and launched an air war in support of his forces last year, while Washington and other Western nations have supported rebel forces.

Russia this week suggested a deal was in the works for rebels to be allowed to withdraw from Aleppo to other opposition-held territory.

Kerry and Lavrov met twice on Thursday in the German city of Hamburg but without any announcement of progress on a ceasefire.

Their talks were held on the margins of a meeting of the 57-member Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Apparently they don’t grasp the fact that Putin has already worked this out with the new sheriff.