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U.S. Military Preparing for a Full Withdrawal of Its Forces From Syria
Wall Street Journal ^ | December 19thm 2018 | By Dion Nissenbaum and Nancy A. Youssef

Posted on 12/19/2018 6:30:45 AM PST by Mariner

WASHINGTON—The U.S. military is preparing to withdraw its forces from Syria, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday, a move that marks an abrupt reversal of the American military strategy in the Middle East.

U.S. officials began informing partners in northeastern Syria of their plans to begin an immediate pullout of American forces from the region where they have been trying to wrap up the campaign against Islamic State, the people said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: assad; donaldtrump; isil; isis; makerussiapay; putinapproves; putinsfolly; russiafootsthebill; russiandebt; russianmoney; russiarebuilds; russiasburden; syria; trump
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To: bert
Actually, no

Renaming al Qaeda to "Free Syrian Army of Peace and Fluffy Bunnies" does not make it so.

21 posted on 12/19/2018 6:47:44 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Turkey, Iran and Russia are all at a table working “something” out. We’ve been the monkey in the middle long enough.


22 posted on 12/19/2018 6:48:05 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Mariner

Good, but the Kurds are going to be betrayed, again. Look for Turkey to start killing the Kurds in Syria by the thousands and reviving ISIS.


23 posted on 12/19/2018 6:48:50 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Drew68

That is an ignorant post


24 posted on 12/19/2018 6:48:54 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: Mariner

“Happy Christmas, the war is over.”

Not so. Our leaving ends nothing. There is still the war in Northern Syria with our allies the Kurds wedged between Erdogan and the ISIS forces & other allied Islamists.


25 posted on 12/19/2018 6:50:07 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Mariner

Perhaps one day soon the headline will read “All American troops withdrawn from Europe”. Then the real celebrations can begin.


26 posted on 12/19/2018 6:51:02 AM PST by allendale (.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Trump, like Obama, has let the Pentagon take the reigns.

Obama killed more Muslims than any other President.


27 posted on 12/19/2018 6:53:21 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Mariner

Sounds good to me.


28 posted on 12/19/2018 6:55:54 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: Mariner

About time.


29 posted on 12/19/2018 6:56:43 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: DarthVader

No more ISIS!


You realize that if ISIS (or ISIL as Obama insisted on calling it) is truly defeated, it will be another great victory for President Obama—just like the improved economy.


30 posted on 12/19/2018 6:57:20 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Sacajaweau
"Turkey, Iran and Russia are all at a table working “something” out. We’ve been the monkey in the middle long enough."

Is that the three countries you are comfortable with 'working things out'? Are our national interests served by having those three working things out? By keeping a foothold there and protecting our allies the Kurds these countries will eventually have to work with us as well.

I'll give you an example of just one unintended consequence of us pulling out. What if Iran gains a larger influence in Syria? What if as Israel fears they start delivering more deadly rockets/missiles to their proxy Hezbollah who start operating out of Syria as well as Lebanon? What if Israel is forced to go into Syria to stop this? Can you see how this scenario could easily happen?
31 posted on 12/19/2018 6:58:41 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: ncalburt
We should Kill the Muslim Syrian Refugee program now too !

Dump ALL refugee programs. If our military wants to 'reward' people who assist them - they can pay them cash - not citizenship.

And if people in these countries don't WANT to help us voluntarily then there's a good chance we don't belong there in the first place.

32 posted on 12/19/2018 6:59:16 AM PST by GOPJ (TERM LIMIT DC SWAMP BUREAUCRATS - a permanent un-elected ruling class is a threat to freedom.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

It’s what’s happening right now. Our foothold just doesn’t exist.


33 posted on 12/19/2018 7:01:13 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181120-netanyahu-russia-cannot-push-iran-out-of-syria-on-its-own/


34 posted on 12/19/2018 7:06:16 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: hanamizu

I could care less what OFudgePackUla has to say anymore.


35 posted on 12/19/2018 7:06:16 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Mariner
For once I don't consider this a good move.

The move follows a call last week between Mr. Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has threatened to launch an assault on America’s Kurdish partners in Syria.

Kurds getting thrown under the bus again.

36 posted on 12/19/2018 7:07:47 AM PST by McGruff
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To: Mariner

Afghanistan over the rogue CIA’s dead drug-dealer body.


37 posted on 12/19/2018 7:12:27 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Mariner

The Mideast has been unsettled for centuries. About time the US realized we’re just in the way. Pull out and let them settle it for themselves.


38 posted on 12/19/2018 7:18:08 AM PST by upchuck (Q: What high crime has Trump committed? A: He won the 2016 Presidential election. ~ h/t dartuser)
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To: Army Air Corps

Ping!


39 posted on 12/19/2018 7:22:43 AM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: dead
Good. Can we take our equipment back with us this time?

Not the stuff the Syrian government took off Al Qaeda in southern Syria.

40 posted on 12/19/2018 7:22:47 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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