Posted on 10/08/2019 10:01:33 AM PDT by xzins
If you’re going to piss and moan never-Trumper style that much about it then why don’t you contact you congressman and demand that they declare war on Syria?
I dare any of these warmonger fake foreign policy geniuses to adequately describe what a Kurd is,their history, their different sects,various political ideologies,religious aspects and various alliances. Lastly,what is America’s interest in the region in regards to the Kurds,Turkey,Syria,Iran,Russia and Iraq? Is it worth one more drop of American blood?
“Is it worth one more drop of American blood?”
I don’t think it is.
RP makes sense!
(Like his Dad RP!)
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GunnyG@PlanetWTF?
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BRAVO! Bring them home!
We closed down and left 4 observation posts, not “garrisons” as some have said.
They were in a DMZ along the Turkish border, east of the Euphrates. SAS and French troops have agreed to man 2 of the posts.
Turkey is not going to “invade” there and have agreed to honor the no-fly zone there.
Turkey doesn’t need another fight with the SDF/Kurds. They are very busy with Assad’s SAA W of the Euphrates in Manbij, etc.
At some point we have to let the indigenous forces and politicians settle Syria for themselves. Turkey used to have borders farther south and there are a lot of Turkic peoples there.
I heard Linda say he worries that this will push the Kurds closer to Assad....well great! That’s the country they live in so that doesn’t sound so bad to me. Then Syria and Turkey can have it out if they think that’s what best serves their countries. Hopefully cooler heads prevail
But Rand is OK letting the Turks move into Syria and massacre Kurds?
Rand Paul 3024
Rand Paul is completely right that keeping a small force is just a tripwire for tragedy. Basically turning our troops into a bait for Islamists that want to start a shitshow to prove their masculinity and collect their 72 virgins or whatever.
Go big or go home is correct strategy. We have nothing to gain and a lot to lose with these continuous unfocused nickel and dime “peace keeping” strategies.
That was the intent IMHO. Rather than walk away from their colonies and accept that era was over, the colonial powers intentionally set up permanent instability zones that they could easily dominate even if they could no longer own them outright. Such a great idea, eh?
It started under Obama. As I recall, it was a secret. Then we discovered we had a “dozen” troops, and then that expanded.
I don’t recall a specific authorization other than the generalized authorization from 9/11 that said we could fight alqaeda or their supporters anyplace.
I’m betting that would be the authorization cited. But, I’m just guessing.
Rand Paul got that right.
As for the Kurds, Turkey really needs to create an autonomous region for them.
Europeans and others don’t realize the importance of language differences, especially in a modern world overstuffed with laws and regulations.
Kurds what a funny name
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LOL you have a whey with words...
It is actually about the repatriation of Syrians who fled the civil war and are now in camps in Turkey. Turkey wants to locate them back to their home country.
But it also means Turkey will occupy Kurdish held areas now? That didn’t work well for the Armenians. Why are we aiding the Ottomans in expanding their caliphate?
hallelujah! Somebody gets it. Somewhere, somehow, the US has to say
Not. My. Job.
It is only during the repatriation of the Syrians if I understand correctly. Repatriating 2 million people, though, could be time consuming.
How many of us want them to go to Europe as refugees and then to the US?
He’s right. It is not our responsibility to clean up everybody else’s messes for them.
Oh, and drill baby drill! We’re rapidly approaching the point when we can step away from the Middle East entirely thanks to fracking.
We are not getting out of Syria. Look at this fuel requisition for our Iraqi bases:
Click on SPE605-19-R-0212
That requisition also happens to include 19 bases in Syria.......
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