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U.S. Military pulls out of Syria
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The news media is making a big deal of this story .. that President Trump orders the withdrawl of U.S. troops from Syria.
Anyone notice they fail to mention the U.S. only has 50 troops in Syria ?
I'm sure those 50 soldiers are no match for the thousands of Turkey troops and armaments available.
But the media claims removing those 50 troops will lead to chaos in Syria.
Anyone notice they fail to mention the U.S. only has 50 troops in Syria ?
I'm sure those 50 soldiers are no match for the thousands of Turkey troops and armaments available.
But the media claims removing those 50 troops will lead to chaos in Syria.
The government has no rights. Only the people have rights which empowers the government.
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
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We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
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Julio Rosas
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Posted: Oct 08, 2019 5:40 PM
Share Tweet Pentagon Denies Being 'Blindsided' After Trump Pulls Troops Out of Northern Syria
Source: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
The Pentagon issued a statement on Tuesday denying they were caught off guard when President Trump ordered U.S. troops out of northern Syria.
The White House announced late Sunday night the withdrawal is occurring because "Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria" and the United States will not be involved. It was reported the Pentagon was "completely blindsided" by the order.
Trump had a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday to finalize the pullout.
"Despite continued misreporting to the contrary, Secretary Esper and Chairman Milley were consulted over the last several days by the President regarding the situation and efforts to protect U.S. forces in northern Syria in the face of military action by Turkey," Chief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said.
"The Department's position has been and remains that establishing a safe zone in northern Syria is the best path forward to maintaining stability," he continued. "Unfortunately, Turkey has chosen to act unilaterally. As a result, we have moved the U.S. forces in northern Syria out of the path of potential Turkish incursion to ensure their safety. We have made no changes to our force presence in Syria at this time."
Amid a wave of backlash from both Republicans and Democrats, Trump defended the decision because he says he was voted to stop U.S. involvement in "endless wars."
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....down, watching over a quagmire, & spending big dollars to do so. When I took over, our Military was totally depleted. Now it is stronger than ever before. The endless and ridiculous wars are ENDING! We will be focused on the big picture, knowing we can always go back & BLAST!
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We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
The Kurds are a problem for Erdogan, and no doubt some of what we supply to the Iraqi and Syrian Kurds has made it way to Turkish Kurds in their bid for independence.
At some point, Turkey will have to be kicked out of NATO, as they are certainly not behaving in the best interest of the alliance. Until that point, we need to treat them like the ally they supposedly are.
On the plus side, if Erdogan is serious in his claim that he is going after all terrorist groups, including iswas, those thousands of iswas fighters currently being held by the Kurds may be killed outright.
As they should have been instead of being captured.
Brad Steele
How about never?
Well, maybe Andy Jackson, or U. S. Grant.
Why would you think there was no consultation with the Pentagon?
Brad Steele
I worked with the Kurds several times and I like them they are much more honorable and trustworthy than any arab I have ever met.
Turks control the headwaters of the Euphrates now and have them damed. This is a large part of the reason for the civil war in Syria. When there was a dry period the Turks used much of the water for themselves and displaced the farmers farther down the Euphrates in Syria to the cities. Most of the farmers were Baathists (socialists).
Most people really don't realize the depth of the hate of the Turks towards the Kurds. They really hate each other, the last generation more so than this generation, but the hate is still there. Most Turks in my age group spit on the ground before they say the word Kurd.
The Turks have the U.S. over a barrel, incirlik airbase is important and the Turks have been using it as leverage for decades.
Another no-win situation, damned if do damned if you don't.
Erdogan is seriously pissed at the U.S. for supporting the last coup attempt in Turkey.
Side note; I always laugh when the Democrats spout the nonsense about foreign involvement in U.S. elections and get all outraged. The U.S. mixes in everybody elses elections, Putin, Erdogan, Ukraine and many more.
DITTO
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
Simply step out and let the "world peace keeper" NATO handle it.
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
The Pentagon has been on notice for well over a year that were to put together a plan to remove US Forces from Syria.
It was over six months ago that the Pentagon missed the requested time table and Trump threatened to pull them out anyway. The Kurds, (as well as the rest of the world) were well aware of this, and were well aware of the intention of our President, and the potential repercussions of this action. The neo-con and leftist mantra (and no, I am not labeling you personally) that this is somehow unexpected or unforeseen is laughable. If a transition plan is not in place, it is because the Pentagon and the Kurds made a decision not to put one in place.
We should have been out of Syria months ago. We should never have been in Syria. Our support for the SDF is more than a fight against iswas. The mission of the SDF is primarily to create an autonomous Kurdish dominated region in Northern and Northeastern Syria and ultimately Northwestern Iraq. To a large degree, the existence of the SDF (and our support of it) contributed to the growth of iswas in Syria, as it undermined Assad's power in the region vis-a-vis iswas.
We also hear about 1,000s or 10s of thousands of isis fighters imprisoned by the Kurds that may be set free. I sincerely doubt Erdoqan would tolerate isis, and would not be surprised (or dismayed) if the Turkish Army finds a reason to slaughter these sub-human detainees, something I would thing the Kurds would have already done absent our presence.
So, should we wait another year, two years, three years, ten years supporting the conditions that keep the Syrian Civil War going? How many people will die over those years, as compared to what is going to happen now in hopefully fairly quick fashion?
Let Turkey, Syria, and Russia pay for the extermination of isis. We have done our part, and it is time we got the hell out of the area.
Brad Steele
The KDP is the main on and is an ally or at least was an ally of the uS and these are the guys we have been training, them and subsets of the KDP.
The PKK is a chinese communist terrorist organization who have been at was with Turkey for 40 years.
There is no love lost between the Kurds and the Turks and vice a versa.
just had job offer out of Erbil Kurdistan Iraq.
Mule
No matter what he does the d-rats will go ape s*** crazy trying make him look bad.
NO ONE lies more than d-rats and their LSM filth.