Josh Baker
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306 appearances
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 8 Feb
Josh Baker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And when you say us, Josh, you mean the global coalition to defeat ISIS?
Exactly.
You know, every nation that sort of felt that this terror state could no longer exist.
And in the aftermath of that, they kind of became, if you will, the world's jailers for members of ISIS.
Right.
And the US and the UK and others, to some degree, provided nominal support to the Syrian Democratic Forces to maintain that situation.
Now, fast forward to December 2024, and the now President al-Shara topples Assad, and he takes control.
And one of the key things that he's been trying to do is unify the country.
And part of that unification process involves the areas that have been controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces, predominantly Kurdish group, coming under his control.
Up until recently, the Kurdish-led SDF controlled about a quarter of the country in the northeast.
But over the last week, that has shrunk considerably as government forces have advanced.
And what's happened in recent weeks is the American government who longed-backed the Syrian Democratic Forces basically turned around and said, this agreement has now expired.
And the most important thing for the future of Syria is a united Syria.
And they've very much shifted their focus now to supporting Damascus.
And it's interesting because even if you look at, say, Lindsey Graham... South Carolina Republican senator...
Yeah.
Exactly.
You know, he came out and he said, you know, we probably owe the Kurds something.
That's striking because he's quite a loyal ally of President Trump.
What we've got here is we've got a question of honor and loyalty, right?
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