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What is happening in Syria is horrible. This country has been ravaged by war since 2011 or so. It seems the vast majority of people want Assad removed, but he controls the military. The military isn't too powerful, but when their military takes on what is really civilians (the "rebels") it's a slaughter. The Syrian military is not powerful on the ground with ground forces, but their air force is what is doing the damage.
There is no American solution to this. Syria is in the Russian sphere of influence; The United States cannot just invade the country. Nor do we want to. There are Syrian and Russian forces in play, plus ISIS, plus a dozen rebel groups - some of which are not friendly to the US.
Our goal should remain the same - strike out at ISIS, and push for removing Assad without taking military action to remove him.
Keep in mind Trump has moved a few thousand US Marines into Syria....
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