‘Delusional’: US State Dept Credits Washington With Bringing Peace to Syria

Washington has succeeded in its efforts aimed at bringing peace and security to Syria this year, US State Department spokesperson John Kirby wrote in the agency’s official blog, but reality on the ground is grimmer while the positive change could hardly be attributed to the US or the US alone.

 

Kirby tried to sum up America’s diplomatic achievements across a range of issues, including Iran nuclear deal, Ebola and climate change, using a Twitter hashtag #2015in5words. “Bringing Peace, Security to Syria” is what he believes the US helped to achieve in the war-torn Arab country this year.

 

“The five words State used to describe the past year seem at the very least inappropriate and at the worst delusional,” journalist David Francis observed. The US hardly brought “any significant ‘peace’ or ‘security’ to the Syrian people.”

 

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