US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abd Al-Aziz "agreed to support safe zones in Syria" in a phone call on Sunday, the White House said, marking a potentially dramatic shift in Washington's posture toward the civil war there.
The White House cast Trump's support for safe zones in Syria as just one of many policy ideas that will "help the many refugees who are displaced" from the war, which has prompted the worst refugee crisis since World War II. The two leaders also agreed to support similar humanitarian corridors in Yemen, where Riyadh has been waging a proxy war with Iran.
The president is facing protests at home for banning Syrian refugees from entering the US homeland, as well as all nationals from seven predominantly Muslim nations: Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Libya.
In their call, Trump also expressed his view that an international nuclear agreement brokered with Iran in 2015 should be "rigorously enforced"– a departure from his rhetoric during the campaign, in which he promised to shred the deal altogether.
In a separate call with the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan, Trump also "raised the idea of supporting safe zones for the refugees displaced by the conflict in the region," the White House said in a statement.
According to the administration, the crown prince agreed to support the initiative.
Great, they're going to send the Islamic Extremists to Rojava.
Ryder Wright
Saudi Arabia is a massive source of funding for Islamic ideology. They are literally making more terrorists.
Jose Barnes
Isn't it better than having them pour into Europe and the US!?
Tyler Gutierrez
I very much doubt that Trump and the Saudis give a shit about refugees. This sounds like a continuation of Obama's anti-Assad strategy, which is weird because Trump has been very pro-Russia/Assad. This is bad because it means more conflict between the American and Russian alliances in Syria, and more help for the US's psycho Islamist allies.
Henry Morgan
holy fuck kys
Austin Price
So the US is going to intervene in Syria and Yemen, with ground forces, as that's the only plausible way to make "safe zones"
Why exactly is Holla Forums celebrating this? The US just basically bent over for the Saudis and Israelis and is doing the same thing Hillary proposed to do
Carson Taylor
Russia actually did this in Syria too. But the "moderate rebels" (that we helped arm) destroyed those refugee camps!
Kinda ironic huh!?
Samuel Brooks
Good thing those "moderate rebels" are now being bombed by the maddog Mattis! I think they just found those stinkin' terrorists!
Now we can help Russia re-build those refugee camps so they can STAY THERE, WHERE THEY BELONG!!!!!!!!!
Jacob Price
This would require thousands of US troops on the ground it won't happen
Kevin Thomas
aren't most of the refugee camps that already exist just glorified slums with no social services? Shoving refugees into poor areas w/no help isn't solving anything, the better way to stop the refugee crisis would be to just tell the saudis to fuck off and stop funding jihadists.
John Stewart
In the short term refugee camps are the answer
Austin Baker
Those "safe zones" have to be defended; it's just an excuse for more Saudi and American meddling
Kevin Bennett
Not if they're controlled by Saudi Arabia.
Parker Anderson
You're American, right?
Adrian Campbell
putting a bandaid over a giant gaping wound will fix nothing and ultimately still be worse for you and your perfect aryan wife.
Jace Edwards
It will keep brown people out of my country. That's all I care about
Leo Baker
Not in the long run it wont
Daniel Hughes
What country is that?
Samuel Anderson
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Robert Johnson
There's already refugee camps in surrounding nations, if they didn't stop with those, why would making more camps stop them from coming?
Austin Johnson
This tbh. Does anyone think the fucking Saudis would financially support these refugees just out the kindness of thier hearts? Give me a fucking break.
Jason Morris
Do you have a shred of evidence they're doing it for an ulterior motive?
Ethan Moore
They're doing it to undermine Iran and increase their influence in Syria. Enforcing a no fly zone would require a significant Saudi/US presence in Syria. They've failed with the rebels now they're trying this
Ian Morales
fug.
Lincoln Nguyen
That's a pretty long winded way of saying "no".
Joseph Roberts
Either that or slave labor.
Nicholas Gonzalez
Did the Saudis donate to Hillary's charity with the goodness of their heart? Don't be so naive.
Kevin Allen
Do you seriously believe political powers to act out of charity?
Aaron Gomez
Holla Forums pls, you guys used to at least have some grasp of geopolitics
Ryder Lewis
the saudis fund extremism all the time hell they fund extremist orgs in europe its no stretch of the imagination to think their camps will have extremist preaching in them.
Sebastian Lee
Surely you could level the same accusation at any country who accepted refugees if you weren't mindfucked by years of ideology.
Christopher Perry
You seem to have an overactive imagination, a deeply flawed understanding of the mechanics of extremism and terrorism, and no knowledge Saudi politics and society. But still no proof. Try again.
Elijah Roberts
Are you actually denying that Saudi funds extremism?
Ethan Garcia
I'm wondering why you believe in things without proof.
Most of countries who accepted refugees suffer from a lack of a young population that isn't saddled with debt, by taking in refugees they get a new locked in market and a way to keep producing when the current population retires
Charles Brown
Except Trump want to cooperate with Syria and Russia instead of threatening them to get out.
Gavin Roberts
Safe zones would immediately put Trump in conflict with Damascus and Moscow
Cameron Flores
Unlikely, the US gains nothing from that, and has no incentive to do so except in words
Elijah Gutierrez
There's no proof there that Saudi Arabia funds terrorism. There's proof there America did though.
The link doesn't work. What does it say? When that German journalist spoke to the Jihadists in ISIS land they said they were getting weapons and support from the USA, they didn't mention anyone else. Primary sources are better than supposition, right?
Isaiah Garcia
This is the key part
Mohammad pls
Tyler Wood
So just a random politician's supposition? Post proof they fund terrorism. Not wahabbi madrassas, but terrorist organisations.
Caleb Davis
oh you…
James Howard
implying Hillary wouldnt have continued the conflict in Syria.
Didnt you find it odd that a mere 2 days after Trump winning the election that Assad regained control of Aleppo and the insurgents started imediatly losing steam?
To me, the whole thing in Syria reeked of another US black operation to destabilize a country in order to install its own leaders
Aiden Davis
ehh it's just like talking to normies about marxism
Hudson Smith
Right. And will probably be used to house Saudi funded ISIS groups
Dylan Clark
what if both leaders are shit tho?
Cameron Barnes
hi krillcen, take your meds
Connor Ramirez
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Christian Russell
oh look I was right, the only thing he left out is the /realnews/ shilling lol 8ch.net/n/res/506961.html
