Still true.
Posted on 07/17/2017 2:34:44 PM PDT by Lorianne
The Donald Trump administration is pushing Congress for the authority to build new “temporary” facilities in Iraq and Syria as part of the US-led campaign against the Islamic State.
In a policy statement released Tuesday night, the White House argues that US troops are hamstrung by legal restrictions on their ability to expand US military infrastructure “in both Iraq and Syria.” The administration wants lawmakers to extend existing authorities that only cover the “repair and renovation” of facilities to also encompass “temporary intermediate staging facilities, ammunition supply points, and assembly areas that have adequate force protection.”
“These facilities, supply points, and assembly areas will enable the pursuit of [IS] into the Euphrates River Valley and help improve the security of Iraq’s borders,” the statement reads. “Current authorities … severely limit the coalition’s maneuverability and its ability to respond quickly to changing operational conditions.”
Tuesday’s Statement of Administration Policy, which the White House uses to present its views on pending legislation, takes the House Armed Services Committee to task for not including the change in its annual defense authorization bill released last month, although it is not clear if lawmakers had received the request from the Pentagon in time. The Senate Armed Services Committee draft, released this week, does, however, include the requested change. The House began floor consideration of the bill Wednesday.
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Oh neocons, neocons, show us the sign
The banner of NATO unfurled
The morning will come when all sand is ours
And then we will own the world.
I wonder if we can make it to $30 trillion in debt before the collapse.
The Pentagon needs to be building facilities in Iran and North Korea.
Somewhat like military urban renewal.
better to kill muzzies over there than here.
Base construction is Syria? THAT has nationbuilding all over it. NO to this neocon crap.
One wonders, who will they be building them for long term. It’s never for us.
We don’t need to kill them, they are doing that job themselves.
We can keep them out of here ... if we have the will to do so.
Still true.
with our new energy independence trend... i will agree with you, but if our state department wants to keep dealing with the degenerates, then we need to be there, prepared to give refuge to those that are truly oppressed.
This country is like a hamster in a wheel when it comes to the fetid Mideast.
These “could” be host nation bases similar to what we have elsewhere.
Ahhhhhh....isn’t Syria a sovereign nation???????
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