Donald Trump Quotes
I think Aleppo is a disaster, humanitarian-wise.
Trump, Donald. "Presidential Debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri." The American Presidency Project, 9 Oct. 2016.
Paul tended to be one of the very few Republicans who did not favor American intervention in Syria.
This was her last report on the Syrian Government massacre of its own citizens in order to consolidate and maintain power. The building she and other journalists were taking shelter in was shelled by government heavy artillery and she and others were killed. The patch over her eye in the photo reflected the loss of one of her eyes when she was covering the civil war in Sri Lanka. She was struck with shrapnel. She continued her reporting despite the great risk.
The convoy was heading for the city of Alleppo that had been under siege by the government for weeks. 22 UN Aid Workers were killed and half the cargo was destroyed. Syria had been in a Civil War for a number of years, and the Government of Bashar al-Assad had committed one atrocity after another. A cease fire had been agreed to and the UN notified all parties to the war about the humanitarian convoy’s schedule and route. It was not known whether the government had decided to attack the convoy to put more pressure on the people in Aleppo to end their rebellion or the attack was made by local commanders of government troops who did not want to see the pressure on Aleppo lifted.
Donald John Trump is an American media personality and businessman who served as the 45th and 47th president of the United States.