US says it will support new Syrian leaders who protect women and renounce terrorism
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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How come Syria has to protect women, but US federal and state governments don't?
Why does Syria need to renounce terrorism, but the US federal and state governments don’t?
What do you mean?
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.
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
Here's the first couple of articles I found in a quick search:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/16798/
http://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/30/texas-woman-death-abortion-ban-miscarriage
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.
Given gow horribly thwy are implemented, it's hard to accept it isn't intentionally being cruel.
Definitely possible but I'm a fan of Hanlon's Razor unless evidence shows otherwise.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/texas-abortion-ban-deaths-pregnant-women-sb8-analysis-rcna171631
https://people.com/texas-teen-suffering-miscarriage-dies-due-to-abortion-ban-8738512
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.
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.
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.
Think about it
Unfortunately I can't read people's minds to figure out what their argument is.
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.
You’re 100% correct. I mean… Mideast policy hypocrisy like this has been the norm all the decades I’ve been alive.
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.
Has anyone told Biden what Israel has been doing in Gaza?
Those aren't crazy demands
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
Is Saudi Arabia an example of protecting women and promote non extreme version of Islam?
It is from a genocidal terrorist group (USA).
No one said they were.
It is for religious extremists
They will support anything as long as it favors Israel.
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,
USA is going to protect people who renounce USA? Great.
Meanwhile, in the lineup for next year's white house occupancy, ....
Ah yes, America, so concerned about rights and freedom.