US says it will support new Syrian leaders who protect women and renounce terrorism (apnews.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 12:12
https://lemmy.world/post/23015200

Summary

The Biden administration announced it will support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, protects women’s and minority rights, and dismantles chemical weapons.

This follows the ouster of Bashar al-Assad by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which the U.S. designated as a terrorist organization in 2018.

While the U.S. may reassess HTS’s status, ongoing concerns about ISIS resurgence and regional instability persist.

Meanwhile, Israel has seized the Golan Heights buffer zone amid condemnation, and Biden is coordinating with allies, including Israel, on the evolving situation in Syria and Gaza.

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sir_pronoun@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 12:22 next collapse

Those aren’t crazy demands

Makhno@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 12:33 next collapse

It is for religious extremists

givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 12:38 next collapse

Yeah, but they’re Biden’s…

And he’s also defending Israel seizing Syrian land.

That’s not even getting into who know what trump will do in a month

small44@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 14:03 next collapse

Is Saudi Arabia an example of protecting women and promote non extreme version of Islam?

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Dec 15:16 next collapse

It is from a genocidal terrorist group (USA).

scarabic@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 19:05 collapse

No one said they were.

LastWish@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 12:47 next collapse

How come Syria has to protect women, but US federal and state governments don’t?

disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 13:26 next collapse

Why does Syria need to renounce terrorism, but the US federal and state governments don’t?

<img alt="Terrorists" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0ea24657-b13c-44a7-ac60-c78c1aea22c4.jpeg">

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 22:17 collapse

What do you mean?

can@sh.itjust.works on 12 Dec 14:30 next collapse

Think about it

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 15:38 collapse

Unfortunately I can’t read people’s minds to figure out what their argument is.

kent_eh@lemmy.ca on 12 Dec 18:45 collapse

Look at the anti female healthcare laws that are being enacted across the US.

Start with Florida and Texas as some of the more glaring examples.

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 20:42 collapse

Could you be specific about which laws? I’m not saying you’re wrong I just want to know specifically what you are saying the government is doing that removes protections from women

LastWish@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 22:04 next collapse

nbcnews.com/…/texas-abortion-ban-deaths-pregnant-…

people.com/texas-teen-suffering-miscarriage-dies-…

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 00:43 collapse

The intent of those laws isn’t to hurt women or reduce their protections. Those laws are intended to protect what the law makers view as children from being murdered by the women. They are just implemented in a really poor way resulting in those horrible scenarios.

LastWish@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 02:06 collapse

It’s obvious you were waiting for someone to finally say abortion so you could respond with that.

If women are dying because of laws denying them medical care that could have easily saved their lives, that is the definition of not protecting women.

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 02:49 collapse

I was waiting for someone to actually state their position. It is a bit weird how no one would actually say what their opinion was and instead relied on people making assumptions about their position. It’s rather terrible for communication imo.

You are right, women are being hurt by those laws, those are not anti womens healthcare laws though. As I said those laws are about the fetus. Women being hurt and killed is an unintended externality. People talk like there is a war on women here comparable to what the Taliban is doing when the US is one of the best places in the world to be a woman. That’s not to say the US isn’t backtracking but perspective is important.

LastWish@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 04:26 collapse

It’s hard to perceive your “what do you mean?” as genuine, especially considering it wasn’t a vague reference. I think you could have asked, “Do you only mean abortion or is there something else?” and communicated your points in a less passive-aggressive “trap” framework.

Additionally, the original point only stated US governments are not protecting women, which is true regardless of your stance on abortion, regardless of the intended target of the law and regardless if it was intentionally targeting, “a war on”, women.

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 04:43 collapse

I’m unsure why people are expected to correctly interpret what they meant, yet I am required to spell out what I said. That seems like a double standard. Personally I felt what I wrote was clear enough as it was. I wanted to know what they meant by what they said, so I asked them what they meant.

kent_eh@lemmy.ca on 13 Dec 00:38 collapse

Here’s the first couple of articles I found in a quick search:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/16798/

amp.theguardian.com/…/texas-woman-death-abortion-…

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 01:08 collapse

The intent of those laws isn’t to hurt women or reduce their protections. Those laws are intended to protect what the law makers view as children from being murdered by the women. They are just implemented in a really poor way resulting in those horrible scenarios.

kent_eh@lemmy.ca on 13 Dec 02:51 collapse

Given gow horribly thwy are implemented, it’s hard to accept it isn’t intentionally being cruel.

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 03:37 collapse

Definitely possible but I’m a fan of Hanlon’s Razor unless evidence shows otherwise.

zalgotext@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 04:47 collapse

Here’s some evidence for you: a 10 year old rape victim in Ohio was forced to travel to Indiana for an abortion, since Ohio had a blanket ban on all abortion at the time. The doctor that performed the abortion in Indiana was investigated and fined, and still faces harassment to this day. For performing an abortion for a 10 year old rape victim.

Hyperlon@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 06:19 collapse

Firstly, that’s not evidence. You need to provide an article or something along those lines to provide evidence. That being said, I also don’t doubt what you say. However you are claiming they did it with the specific intent of hurting that 10 year old and people like her. What evidence do you have of that? All you have shown is that in the act of protecting the fetus, the would-be mother and doctor got hurt. That’s not the same thing.

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 12:48 next collapse

Meanwhile, in the lineup for next year’s white house occupancy, …

olafurp@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 13:02 next collapse

He’s also defending the buffer zone’s buffer zone. I thought they’d rather focus on democracy so the rest can be handled by the people,

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml on 11 Dec 13:05 next collapse

They will support anything as long as it favors Israel.

JiveTurkey@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 13:55 next collapse

The irony in this is almost too much. How can we say this while also supplying the arms to Israel so they can continue to kill women and children while also terrorizing places they have no business being. It’s all a fuckin joke.

scarabic@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 19:04 collapse

You’re 100% correct. I mean… Mideast policy hypocrisy like this has been the norm all the decades I’ve been alive.

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Dec 15:15 next collapse

USA is going to protect people who renounce USA? Great.

distantsounds@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 18:11 next collapse

Has anyone told Biden what Israel has been doing in Gaza?

djsoren19@yiffit.net on 11 Dec 22:53 next collapse

I give it two months before Trump orders the CIA to assassinate al-Bashir, probably at request of Israel.

I really, really hope to be wrong, but unfortunately Syria is very weak right now and Israel has already been striking the leftover military institutions to keep them weak. I just can’t imagine foreign capitalists being able to stop themselves from further exploitation.

b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 13 Dec 20:21 collapse

Ah yes, America, so concerned about rights and freedom.