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US Troops Fighting in Syria
The Hot Zone ^ | 12/2/24 | Chuck Holton

Posted on 12/02/2024 2:01:47 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s31jNrsa7lQ

Chuck is a former US Army Ranger and experienced war correspondent.


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KEYWORDS: anywarisagoodwar; assad; bidenbois4ww3; russia; syria
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Looks like the US is effectively supporting Assad and in de facto alliance with Russia in Syria. :-D
1 posted on 12/02/2024 2:01:47 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: EnderWiggin1970

I’d support him enough to keep the war going on.


2 posted on 12/02/2024 2:05:03 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Picture Lurch shaking his head and going, “ooooooohhhhhh”


3 posted on 12/02/2024 2:09:20 PM PST by RatRipper
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To: EnderWiggin1970

“Looks like the US is effectively supporting Assad”

That would be easier to believe if Assad didn’t want us OUT of Syria.


4 posted on 12/02/2024 2:09:27 PM PST by BobL
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To: BobL

None of our busniess. It should be, I will leave you alone but if you mess with America, or Americans, I will pound you into dust.


5 posted on 12/02/2024 2:11:07 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Not a fan of Chuck. I watched his videos for a while but he said too many things that lead me to believe he definitely had an agenda, beyond informing people. Not sure what the agenda was but he said too many things too many times that just were too wrong to be simply off base by accident.


6 posted on 12/02/2024 2:11:56 PM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: EnderWiggin1970

War makes strange bedfellows


7 posted on 12/02/2024 2:19:10 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: EnderWiggin1970
We sure do live in interesting times



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8 posted on 12/02/2024 2:24:40 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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The problem with Syria is that there is no good side to support.

Assad is backed by Iran and the Russians.

Much of the opposition are Islamists (Al Qaeda, ISIS, etc).


9 posted on 12/02/2024 2:25:28 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: EnderWiggin1970
Looks like the US is effectively supporting Assad and in de facto alliance with Russia in Syria. :-D

Chuck appears to be very confused (and not just about this event, he struggled through the entire video). The Iran-backed Hashd al Shaabi militia we are attacking are going into Syria to SUPPORT Assad, not oppose him. We are bombing them not because we support overthrowing Assad (we do), but because this same militia on occasion attacks US forces. Hashd al Shaabi, aka PMU, passing anywhere near our guys is a threat, and we don't want them establishing a presence in the area we have troops stationed.

10 posted on 12/02/2024 2:28:52 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

We finance EVERYONE in the region! The trick is going to be able to continue to arm all sides and produce those bloated MIC profits after it’s proven to be overpriced junk in Ukraine and here in Syria.

If you’ve got the money, you can go to the track and hit the “all” button on every race. You always pick a winner!


11 posted on 12/02/2024 2:38:46 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Can we arm both sides and just protect the Christians?


12 posted on 12/02/2024 2:39:21 PM PST by montag813
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To: hardspunned

You aren’t part of us, troll!


13 posted on 12/02/2024 2:45:35 PM PST by exinnj
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Never should there be one drop of American blood shed for Syria.


14 posted on 12/02/2024 2:48:37 PM PST by exnavy
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To: MplsSteve
Assad is backed by Iran and the Russians.

We were allied with Stalin during WWII. So if Assad falls from power, radical Islamists will seize power. Their government will be like the Taliban in Afghanistan.

15 posted on 12/02/2024 2:48:39 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MplsSteve

My first trip to Syria was in the early 70s. Clean and open type of society. Women wore western apparel.
Great outside cafes.


16 posted on 12/02/2024 2:51:43 PM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: ETCM

So the U.S. is hitting Iranian proxies?


18 posted on 12/02/2024 3:11:17 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Quite the opposite
Last I read we were killing Iraqi shia who entered Syria to fight sunni islamist radicals ( think al-Qaeda and worse) who are being termed as “ rebels” vs the elected Assad govt and Syrian army. Essentially we are clearing the way for an islamist caliphate in the belief this will contain the expansion of Iran/shia.

We have no real morally justifiable reason to be in Syria much less killing people who do not want to live under an al-Qaeda regime and trying to use kurds as a proxy.

Imho.


19 posted on 12/02/2024 3:14:12 PM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Who Are the Rebels Leading the Offensive in Syria?

The group now advancing, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, says it wants to replace the Assad government with one inspired by Islamic principles.

Mr. al-Assad’s international backers, including Russia, Iran and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, are weakened, distracted by wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, making it an opportune moment for the Syrian rebels to attack.

Analysts said the rebels needed at least a tacit go-ahead from Turkey, which has been frustrated that talks with Mr. al-Assad about the return of Syrian refugees in Turkey have stalled. Looking for leverage in negotiations and perhaps territory to push refugees into, the analysts said, Turkey most likely encouraged the rebels to move.

https://archive.ph/6oaxw#selection-4561.0-4565.133


20 posted on 12/02/2024 3:14:22 PM PST by McGruff (Where's Biden?)
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