Where did Pizzagate enter this discussion?
The number one reason to hate Hillary, is that as secretary of state, she initiated several wars - none of which could be said to have helped anyone. Furthermore, she had announced her intention as president to step up the war in Syria. What was the war in Syria for? Supposedly it was to help noble pro-democracy forces overthrow Assad's regime - which supports a far milder form of Islam, that is, for example much less oppressive towards women. The word 'hate' is strong, but nothing else seems appropriate for her.
US support consisted in funnelling weapons to the opposition forces, and I seem to remember that back when Obama was in power there was a congressional report that stated that much of this support (i.e. weapons) had ended up in ISIS hands.
President Trump seems to have done his best (constrained by the fact that he doesn't (yet?) have total control over US foreign policy, to ensure that the Russians succeed in returning a peaceful Syria to Assad.
Whether or not Assad could be bettered in theory is not the point. When you remove a tyrant in the Middle East you get an extended period of turmoil because so much of politics is about the various variants of Islam.
David
The number one reason to hate Hillary, is that as secretary of state, she initiated several wars - none of which could be said to have helped anyone. Furthermore, she had announced her intention as president to step up the war in Syria. What was the war in Syria for? Supposedly it was to help noble pro-democracy forces overthrow Assad's regime - which supports a far milder form of Islam, that is, for example much less oppressive towards women. The word 'hate' is strong, but nothing else seems appropriate for her.
US support consisted in funnelling weapons to the opposition forces, and I seem to remember that back when Obama was in power there was a congressional report that stated that much of this support (i.e. weapons) had ended up in ISIS hands.
President Trump seems to have done his best (constrained by the fact that he doesn't (yet?) have total control over US foreign policy, to ensure that the Russians succeed in returning a peaceful Syria to Assad.
Whether or not Assad could be bettered in theory is not the point. When you remove a tyrant in the Middle East you get an extended period of turmoil because so much of politics is about the various variants of Islam.
David