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It’s too early to have much idea of “his policies.” At best, we can keep an open mind and watch him govern for a while. All you’ve read is speculation and PR statements by him. So maybe don’t yell at people for not analyzing his policies JUST yet.
That's what I've been doing, and what the author here seemingly hasn't
Can we at least criticize his policy of blowing up American soldiers with IEDs? Or would that be covered under "dead-naming"?
The ones in Iraq? Can't fault him for that
No, but it's not a reason to bring him to the White House and celebrate him.
Yes, you fucking can. The fuck? He's a Syrian from Syria who left his country to go to Iraq for the sole purpose of joining Al Qaeda, which was already a well established terrorist organization that's renowned for it's evil attacks at that time, and started plotting ways to kill American soldiers. In what world is that justifiable? I'm an Iraqi myself and this guy is a terrorist. Being against the US invasion doesn't mean you start supporting actual terrorists, that's just stupid.
Weren't American soldiers killing countless civilians during that war? I believe 61% of Americans see the war as unjustified in hindsight. Makes for a bit of a complicated situation.
Should we see America entering a war without justification as evil too or just a big oopsie?
Al-Qaeda is in every way unjustifiable but my guess is the person you're responding to sees this individual as a resistance fighter of some sort, which must be in some way how the West sees him for them to be cozying up to him like this.
The regime he toppled was undeniably evil which makes things even messier.
I don't think we necessarily disagree. Al Assad was a ruthless man who brought an era of terror to the country. However, at the same time, he's been replaced by another ruthless man with a history that indicates he'll also bring his own era of terror. In this sense, Syria isn't exactly free, bur under new management.
Likewise, we can agree that the American invasion of Iraq was wrong and unjustifiable, but also acknowledge that Al Sharaa committing terrorist attacks is also wrong and unustifiable.
The main point here is that two wrongs don't make a right, and the guy I'm replying to trying to justify terrorism is just morally represented.