The words are from Tulsi Gabbard, a democratic member of the House of Representatives. The declarations follow the visit to the urban area of Aleppo and above all the meeting with President Assad and seem to best summarize the updating of American political objectives in Syria.
Gabbard, despite her young age, has considerable experience in the Middle East where she served as a military man in Iraq and Kuwait.
His mission in Syria (and in Lebanon), while surprising the experts, does not fall on deaf ears but must be considered in the context of the Donald Trump settlement in the White House. It is interesting to note that what seemed politically unthinkable a few months ago now becomes the object of public utterance. A change of course in American strategies in Syria and extensively throughout the Middle East appears at this point more than a simple projection.
Gabbard, although not invested with any official role for her trip, said that the change of leadership in Damascus is not a priority for US interests and that support for the United States-bound militants linked to Al Qaeda must finish immediately.
For the first time in the last six years, an American politician associates the tragic events that devastated Syria causing the death and suffering of millions of people, actions not related to the Damascus government, until now the main objective of the accusations of Congress and press.
The criticism of the jihadist militia's support for years extends to the generic world of armed opposition, launching an appeal for an immediate end to suffering for the civilian population.
The end of the war thus becomes the primary objective, transforming the passing of Assad into a target that is not strictly necessary. As it was easy to imagine many DEM exponents have openly criticized the choice of the Gabbard that has instead met the favor of the veterans.
Pictures of Republican Senator McCain, who in the 2013 met exponents of the Free Syrian Army, then the main catchment area of the "Syrian spring".
The new political climate in the States seems in line with the positive climate breathed at the end of the talks in Astana among the main protagonists of the Syrian war theater.
However, the concept for a new strategy remains extremely fluid. The contrast in the palaces of Washington in this regard seems strong, with transversal alignments.
The Democrats are historically more fierce against Assad, and not infrequently have obtained support from the Republican wing favorable to US interventionism "always". This explains the overlapping of some positions between McCain himself and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In the American Congress, there are not a few Republican members who suspiciously look at the strategy of breaking up the new President Trump, whose position followed Gabbard's words, from the early days of the election campaign.
It is no coincidence that one of the first initiatives of the new president is the opening to Israel for the capital Jerusalem: a soft line with Assad indirectly helps Iran and needs a strong compensation through a clear pro-Israeli repositioning, which failed in the days of Obama . All this would be the most compatible background with an uncompromising attitude against Islamic extremism.
As will the Republican majority-run US Congress in both branches, it will be one of the keystones of Trump's policy. THE'establishment more conservative (Bush family in the lead) and the main media closer to the Republican party, they have never concealed skepticism towards the tycoon New York.
It cannot be ruled out that "transversality" is one of the keys to understanding American policy in the near future.
(photo: Defense Online / Hawaireporter)
