Here’s Brian Cates on the Syrian Withdrawal - two unrolled thread reader columns:
Most of the time we were in Syria we were giving cover to GCC operations being carried out in secret. You know, like Saudi commandos dressed up as Lebanese soldiers going into Lebanon to fight ISIS & undermine Hezbollah.
We’re leaving now because our part in the show is over.Snip
Reminder of how powerful ISIS was in Syria and what a mess that civil war was before Trump and Mattis took over:..snip
If you want to understand how untethered to reality the DC #SmartSet is/was on Syria, recall when the CIA-backed Syrian rebels were fighting the Pentagon-backed Syrian rebels...snip
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1075609400805613573.html
2CND COLUMN ON SYRIA:
Syria is over. ISIS is whipped & we have no reason to be there in the middle of a civil war [GCC is handling it, Assad will be gone soon anyway].
Everybody melting down about how ISIS will make some huge comeback now that Americans won’t be there LEADING the mission are delusional.
We had 2,000 troops and we weren’t LEADING jack shit there, we were 100% support. The fight against ISIS is OVER.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1075888040982269961.html
GE, many thanks for your latest posts.
There are so many topics on which I am uninformed and Syria is one of them. Your posts help a lot.
.... and many thanks to all the FReeQs who post here. I learn from you every day.
Excerpt from GE Post 46 from Brian Cates:
“...If you want to understand how untethered to reality the DC #SmartSet is/was on Syria, recall when the CIA-backed Syrian rebels were fighting the Pentagon-backed Syrian rebels...snip
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1075609400805613573.html
2CND COLUMN ON SYRIA:
Syria is over. ISIS is whipped & we have no reason to be there in the middle of a civil war [GCC is handling it, Assad will be gone soon anyway].
Everybody melting down about how ISIS will make some huge comeback now that Americans won’t be there LEADING the mission are delusional.
We had 2,000 troops and we weren’t LEADING jack shit there, we were 100% support. The fight against ISIS is OVER.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1075888040982269961.html";
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WOW AGAIN!