{"id":52513,"date":"2021-01-06T08:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T08:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=52513"},"modified":"2021-01-06T08:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T08:52:54","slug":"brett-mcgurk-tapped-for-bidens-us-national-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/52513\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett McGurk tapped for Biden\u2019s US National Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON DC, USA (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> US President-elect Joe Biden is likely to choose Brett McGurk for a senior job in the US National Security Council (NSC), managing the Middle East and North Africa. McGurk was top National Security Advisor to three consecutive US Presidents (2004-2018), and former Special Presidential Envoy to the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State (ISIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGurk led sensitive negotiations with Russia on the Syria crisis and shuttled between global capitals to build coalitions and narrow differences between friends and adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Special Presidential Envoy leading the campaign to defeat ISIS, McGurk helped build the coalition of 75 countries and four international organizations\u2014the largest coalition in history\u2014to confront ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump&#8217;s decision to withdraw was heavily criticized by former national security personnel. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brett_mcgurk\/status\/1181085818493927425\">Donald Trump is not a Commander-in-Chief<\/a>,\u201d said Brett McGurk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-46661384\">who resigned in protest last year<\/a> as the Trump administration\u2019s Special Envoy to the Coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe makes impulsive decisions with no knowledge or deliberation. He sends military personnel into harm\u2019s way with no backing. He blusters and then leaves our allies exposed when adversaries call his bluff or he confronts a hard phone call,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also criticized Turkey&#8217;s invasion of northeastern Syria, saying that Turkey has neither the intent, desire, nor capacity to manage 60,000 detainees in Hawl Camp. &#8220;The Turkish proposed \u2018safe zone\u2019 would effectively extend Turkey\u2019s border 30km into Syria, including areas of Christians, Kurds, and other vulnerable minorities. Our diplomats were working on a plan to forestall such a debacle&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prepared by Muhammad Khier Ahmed<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON DC, USA (North Press) \u2013 US President-elect Joe Biden is likely to choose Brett McGurk for a senior job in the US National Security Council (NSC), managing the Middle East and North Africa. 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