Muna Ali, Baladi News
The statements of Robert Ford, the last American ambassador to Syria, shocked all the Syrian who support the revolution and its sympathizers around the world, as they were defeatist, divulged the American secrets and revealed that the US is not dealing seriously with toppling Assad or even holding him accountable.
Robert Ford said in a statement to The Middle East newspaper "Assad has won" and that the US in no longer able to decisively interfere against the Iranian existence in Syria and that Iran will expel America from eastern Syria like what happened in Lebanon in 1983. Those statements were viewed by Syrians and the allies of the revolution as being a promotion for the Iranian endeavors to militarily occupy Syria.
The facts on ground are totally different from Ford's declaration as Trump's administration is following a policy different from that of Obama towards the war in Syria as it took a decisive military action according to analysts.
The journalist "Najm al-Deen Samman" believed that: "all the parties whether friends or enemies succeeded to transform the conflict in Syria into a sectarian regional one, not to mention the pretext of combating terrorism according to the interest of each party, and though the policy of the double containment of the Syrian revolution is still going on".
al-Samman added that the declarations of Ford are not surprising as the Syrians have known well since 2013 that the countries which pretend to be friends of them are noting but their enemies as those countries are still cooperating on the level of Intelligence services with Iran, Russia and the Syrian regime, not to mention that Assad's deputy, al-Jaafari, is still representing Syria in the UN!
Najm al-Deen added that the Syrians who bet on Trump's administration are deceiving themselves as Trump is the kind of man that you can never trust.
Managing the conflict on ground and the parts of Syria that are controlled by Syrians themselves are the decisive factors on ground and the ongoing battles in Daraa prove that the solidarity and unified work can defeat the most powerful countries and their armies.