Jasmine El-Gamal: Trump Admin Is Aggravating Tensions in the Middle East

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EL-GAMAL: “Absolutely. I couldn’t agree more with what was just said. There has been no proper explanation of why we’re doing what we’re doing and to what end. So in the clip that you just played, secretary Pompeo said that the timing is not relevant. It is incredibly relevant because the administration has so far outlined in the Middle East two main goals in terms of why U.S. Troops are there and what we’re doing, right. The first one is to counter Iranian influence in the region and the second one is to defeat ISIS. But when you look at every single action the administration has taken so far, both in Iraq and Syria, none of them actually seem to address the two goals. In fact, they seem to be aggravating the tensions and making them worse. So they definitely do need to provide an explanation of why they’re doing what they’re doing.”