They furthermore claim that Assad's government directly armed these extremists

Dont trust this 100% but I guess it's a good read

TLDR the claims cant be independently verified

Holy hell that article is long

Yes, but thankfully most of it is spent repeating the same points

assad released a large number of prisoners as part of negotiations with the opposition

some of those were islamist extermists

some were members of the brotherhood

and i assume some were assorted political prisoners/actual criminals

It has become very popular among the media to view dicators as idiots whose primary goal in life is slaughtering their own citizens

I think this theory is an off shoot of that mindset

Not to say that assad is above killing, torturing or imprisoning people to keep his regime alive

But like the gas attacks, the presented theory does not make logical sense from the point of view of the supposed perpetrator

And with the gas attacks there is evidence that the rebels/ISIS have chemical weapons

Anyways Syria is quite calm other than constant skirmishes between Syrian govt and rebels

And Kurds killing isis

Syria is apparently going to deploy their S300 air defenses soon

Which means that they could shoot down Israeli planes

israel shouldnt try anything once that happens

They know the stakes and with the US pulling out theyll lose most of their bravado

I was being sarcastic lol. Just the israel treatment is bizzare. Even the far left hates them as well, and im not talking about the pro louise farrakhan types, in talking about tankies

Israel is our greatest ally has been used unironically by some politicians

I stand with Israel

Tim said that he likes talking about foreign policy, any super fan out there that could direct me to a good video so I could get a basic idea of where he is coming from?

geopolitics is my jam

On what subject?

Like what country or issues?

tldr tim is anti interventionist

aka no boots on the ground, no toppling of foreign governments via cover or open warfare, no kicking in doors at night in foreign countries to haul away suspected terrorists and no propaganda efforts in other countries

He is generally supportive of foreign aid

I dont think theres a specific video for it although tim has long said he will eventually make one outlining all of his personnel views

ah gotcha thankyou very much ❤

But if you check out any geo political story hell mention his stance at some point

would be interested to see that video if he ever summarizes his opinions

UN, ISO, WTO, SCO, NATO, Trade blocs and other intergovernmental agreements; International central banking financial institutions like the BIS and the FSB and their roles in global economic policies. 4GW 4th gen warfare and the pros and cons of tech warfare and the current proxy wars. SLOC sea lines of communication and containerization seaport trade. Multipolar world debates, his opinions on meetings like Davos and the G20. Intelligence organization groups like 5 eyes and what should intelligence agencies role be in todays information age. Multinational corporations and their regulation, Global black markets, Internet regulation, World Nuclear policies, Private Military Companies, Global resource management systems, UN security Council reform. International mining contentions and globalization in general. Washington vs Beijing consensus, that kinda shit. Just his overall current state of the world and his opinions on the GFS.

Ok I see people saying that USA could just print money to pay for the green new deal, how is that bad?

Good Question, one that would require a crystal ball to answer

The USA has the USD, the largest world reserve currency atm, you could potentially print trillions of new money and pay for large scale infrastructure projects that are introduced in the Green New Deal... but international commodity markets are more fragile then you would expect, and pumping that kind of new money in may ripple out causing major problems.

1 word: hyper-inflation

can the worlds largest reserve currency really hyper inflate though? I'm not so sure, it may be possible

Yes, the USD can hyper-inflate but before that it will loose it status as de facto reserve currency