>>91333910It's a possibility that the US will work with Russia to overthrow Assad in exchange for allowing Russia to handle the reconstruction of the country.
This would allow the US to do their "bomb everything, boots on the ground, tough on muzzies" routine to drum up PR while avoiding the post-Iraq quagmire.
In exchange, Russia would be free to build (or not build) their pipeline to Europe.
So if Trump is a Russian puppet, we might expect something close to that to happen.
If he's just a loose cannon who does what he wants, then who knows. In 2013 he was railing against Obama for even considering military involvement in Syria, and now he's threatening to do it himself. He could do anything.
And he is the commander-in-chief, so this is one of those areas in which it really is completely under his discretion. He could order troops into Syria 35 minutes ago and Congress wouldn't be able to stop him.
Too early to say. However, Syrians ought to be shaking and praying hard right now, because the next 72 hours basically determine whether their country will exist or not.
