Posted on 10/21/2019 12:51:20 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump said Monday that Israel and Jordan had asked him to leave a limited number of troops in Syria.
He also said he doesn’t believe it will be necessary to leave U.S. troops in Syria except to secure oil fields, describing the region as “very dangerous territory.”
"I don't think it's going to be necessary. I don't want to leave any troops there. That's very dangerous territory," Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting. "I don't think it's necessary other than we secure the oil. It's a little different section, but we need to secure the oil."
“The other region where we've been asked by Israel and Jordan to leave a small number of troops is a totally different section of Syria, near Jordan, and close to Israel,” Trump continued.
“And that's a totally different section. That's a totally different mindset. So we have a small group there, and we secured the oil. Other than that, there's no reason for it, in our opinion,” Trump said.
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Trump is trumping Pelosi. Her mission to Jordan must be to get negative comments from the middle eastern leaders about Trump’s withdrawal from Syria.
Sorry Nancy, the President already knows what you went to Jordan for. He already knows what Jordan and Israel think. You could have just asked him and saved a lot of taxpayer money.
Al Tanf
Then Israel and Jordon should provide troops.
Let their sons and daughters do the dangerous work.
“President Trump said Monday that Israel and Jordan had asked him to leave a limited number of troops in Syria.”
Just like high school. “Hey, you should fight that guy, he’s a jerk and I’d like to see him get his ass kicked”.
We are lead by morons.
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