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Posted on 12/19/2018 6:33:59 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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.
“The Pentagon has an order to get to move troops out of Syria as quickly as possible, “ a U.S. official said.
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Mariner,
After I posted it, I saw you had posted it just before. Do you know how to contact the mod? I’ll have him pull my post.
My biggest distrust is Turkey.
Admin Moderator,
It looks like I posted this right after Mariner had put up the same post. No use in having two threads, please pull my post so we can all comment in one thread on the subject.
Thanks,
Old Teufel Hunden
Sounds good to me.
Could be the President saying this in the same vein as when he says he’ll end chain migration or have Mexico pay for the wall. He thinks it is a good idea, but probably will not be able to get it done.
Hit the abuse button on yourself, mods will see it more quickly.
How long before the false flag “chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime on civilians”? Calling it now.
1st a retreat on the wall shutdown and now on our Kurdish allies. What does Turkey have on US?
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