Posted on 12/20/2018 4:26:21 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
White House and Pentagon officials sent out mixed signals Wednesday on the future of U.S. military forces in Syria.
President Donald Trump sent out a tweet at 6:29 a.m. Eastern Time saying, "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency."
The Wall Street Journal then published a story that quoted a U.S. official as saying the Pentagon has an order to "move troops out of Syria as quickly as possible."
The Pentagon, however, sent out a statement at 9:29 a.m. that indicated a withdrawal of the approximately 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria may not be imminent.
"At this time, we continue to work by, with and through our partners in the region," Army Col. Rob Manning said in a statement, using the same language the Pentagon has used throughout the mission to support Syrian Democratic Forces fighting Islamic State forces in the war-torn country.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
When the Pentagon negates the presidents statements a day later, isis is the least of our problems.
When the Pentagon negates the presidents statements a day later, isis is the least of our problems.
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I thought the 9th Circuit Court was in charge of the U.S. Military.
The pentagon keeps over riding the CIC. I’m sick of it.
If we can’t protect the homeland why the hell are we protecting other countries? Screw them. No wall no war.
Congressional leaders including Pelosi need to push thru some emergency funding
Trump throws another bone to the media?? They bit.....and hard.
Yeah, at this point it’d be crazy to think he was serious about ending these ‘stupid wars’, amirite?!
What exactly did the president say, because it looks like the Pentagon is contradicting the WSJ article—not the president. Fake news!
Remember we have few friends in the area. We also, have many enemies. We are in there at the request of people like Israel, the curds, and Saudi Arabia. But so called allies like Turkey and the EU are difficult to depend on. We should leave when we can.
Nobody on this sight should be advocating to stay in Syria. The public does not understand the issues. Its a game of spy vs. spy. While Fox may report that its ISIS (the bad guys) vs. America (the good guys). Thats far from the truth. There is no black and white, only shades of gray. Don’t let the military vendors get you thinking that this is good vs. evil. They only want to sell weapons. And frankly if the military could chose, fortify the border vs. Syria, I am on the side of troups defending our border.
Donald J. Trump
Verified account @realDonaldTrump
We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.
9:29 AM - 19 Dec 2018
Seems pretty clear to me. Now if he doesn’t do it they will be criticizing him for that.
[When the Pentagon negates the presidents statements a day later, isis is the least of our problems.]
All this stuff about the deep state presupposes locked-in civil service people pulling the levers behind the scenes. The reality is that these people can be fired if they do not follow orders. And firing Mattis would be a fine initiative pour encourager les autres. But Trump hasn’t fired Mattis. The correct conclusion is that Trump is just shining segments of his supporters on. I think, politically-speaking, that it is one of the strangest things I’ve seen a politician do, but maybe it will help him win re-election in 2020. We can only hope.
I support my president in this. America First means exactly what it says. We need to fix America’s issues and quit trying to change the rest of the world. Let them blow themselves up. We have terrorists at our border—they are the threat America needs to be concerned with, as well as the domestic enemies within—as well as the ones holding political office.
Donald J. Trump
Verified account @realDonaldTrump
....Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy about the U.S. leaving, despite what the Fake News says, because now they will have to fight ISIS and others, who they hate, without us. I am building by far the most powerful military in the world. ISIS hits us they are doomed!
7:16 AM - 20 Dec 2018
Everything Trump says publicly is for the consumption of our enemies.
Make of it what you will.
I want us out, and I’ve wanted that since the usurper sent us in there with no American interests at stake. If we coordinate with Assad and he’s okay with us killing more ISIS before we go, I’m okay with a few months of delay. If he wants us gone, I’d like to see us pull out as quickly as it can safely be done. Let Assad and Russia kill them all with us out of the way.
Note: I don’t like or trust Assad, but I consider him less of a danger to decent people than any of the alternatives in Syria.
He said they are coming back, and they are coming back now. Not eventually. Not as soon as possible. Now.
The reason there's an ISIS in Syria to begin with was bipartisan support for "the Arab Spring" and regime change in Syria. If sane voices had prevailed against the interventionists, we wouldn't have had this mess to begin with. It was basically a repeat of what happened in Libya, except for the fact that Assad is still nominally in power.
Until 2011, Syria was a stable country with no ISIS or Al Quaeda presence. As soon as interventionists started egging on the rebels, the nation imploded and became a breeding ground for the Al Nusra front and ISIS. In spite of this, there are people who look at Syria as an example of why we need more intervention and "regime change" rather than less.
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