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U.S. Military Preparing for a Full Withdrawal of Its Forces From Syria
Wall Street Journal ^ | 12/19/2018 | Dion Nissenbaum and Nancy A. Youssef

Posted on 12/19/2018 6:33:59 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden

WASHINGTON—The U.S. military is preparing to withdraw its forces from Syria, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday, a move that marks an abrupt reversal of the American military strategy in the Middle East.

U.S. officials began informing partners in northeastern Syria of their plans to begin an immediate pullout of American forces from the region where they have been trying to wrap up the campaign against Islamic State, the people said.

“The Pentagon has an order to get to move troops out of Syria as quickly as possible, “ a U.S. official said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: assad; donaldtrump; isil; isis; military; putinapproves; syria; trump; turkey
I don't like these events at all. ISIS is not completely defeated yet and Turkey is threatening our Kurdish allies who we fought alongside to defeat ISIS. Having these troops here are also a check against growing Iranian ambitions. There are a lot of reasons to keep these 2000 troops in Syria.
1 posted on 12/19/2018 6:33:59 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Duplicate post.
See breaking news.


2 posted on 12/19/2018 6:38:08 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Mariner,

After I posted it, I saw you had posted it just before. Do you know how to contact the mod? I’ll have him pull my post.


3 posted on 12/19/2018 6:39:03 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
I think we're getting ourselves out of a monkey in the middle situation.

My biggest distrust is Turkey.

4 posted on 12/19/2018 6:39:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Admin Moderator,

It looks like I posted this right after Mariner had put up the same post. No use in having two threads, please pull my post so we can all comment in one thread on the subject.

Thanks,

Old Teufel Hunden


5 posted on 12/19/2018 6:43:25 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Sounds good to me.


6 posted on 12/19/2018 6:50:05 AM PST by nikos1121 (With Trump, we have our own Age of Pericles)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Could be the President saying this in the same vein as when he says he’ll end chain migration or have Mexico pay for the wall. He thinks it is a good idea, but probably will not be able to get it done.


7 posted on 12/19/2018 6:55:29 AM PST by Zhang Fei (They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Hit the abuse button on yourself, mods will see it more quickly.


8 posted on 12/19/2018 7:13:30 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

How long before the false flag “chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime on civilians”? Calling it now.


9 posted on 12/19/2018 7:52:32 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

1st a retreat on the wall shutdown and now on our Kurdish allies. What does Turkey have on US?


10 posted on 12/19/2018 7:55:16 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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