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We are talking about the middle east here not Europe and as such tribalism that spans borders is always at play.If your
argument is that Syria has a cohesive governing entity, you might want to run that by the alawites, kurds, yakuzi,
arabs,Iranians, Russians,Turks, al qaeda all of whom have decided it is not.Sorry but when it comes to Syria as
currently constituted, you don’t pick a government, you pick a tribe as your allied fighting force in advancing your
interests. We started out by aligning ourselves with the wrong one, the “rebels” better known as al Qaeda vs the
“legitimate” government but fortunately wound up with the right one, the Kurds who were instrumental alongside the US
in clearing out ISIS. Same goes for the Iraqi Kurds whom we protected even though they did not meet the neat textbook
definition of a nation and who were instrumental in both Iraq wars in fighting the “legitimate” government of Saddam
alongside the US and then stopping the initial spread of ISIS there when the “legitimate”Iraqi government forces ran
away and ceded the territory to ISIS.Absolutely the Kurds are advancing their own interests in forging a nation for themselves in that region and accordingly they are a thorn in the sides of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. not exactly friends in my book. I agree with you we had no business in Syria in the first place and absolutely no business in Libya.The jury is still out on Iraq. But when we committed ourselves there it was always against the existing government so necessarily we needed a tribal ally. The Kurds consistently were that ally.Whether we should have been there or not is another question. I fully agree with you and Trump that we need to stay out of the middle east but should terrorism from there raise its ugly head here again the Kurds are a valuable fighting force for us.

From what I can tell...the Tiger Forces and a lot of the fighting army have moved to the Manbij Countryside. That is on the border of Turkey.

#Syria #منبج #Manbij #Minbic #Aleppo #NorthAleppo #NorthernAleppo
Military Intelligence Division #SyrianArmedForces pic.twitter.com/g5pWDG7KfU— IvanSidorenko1 (@IvanSidorenko1) December 28, 2018

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#Syria #منبج #Manbij #Minbic #Aleppo #NorthAleppo #NorthernAleppo
Militant video titled “
Forces of the Free Syrian Army prepare to enter Manbij in the next few hours.#FSA pic.twitter.com/vXHVu4EjA7— IvanSidorenko1 (@IvanSidorenko1) December 28, 2018

...8h....International Coalition helicopters flying over the skies of Manbij

...8h....Pro #FSA activist "Heavy American helicopter aerial presence in Manbij's skies as the PYD gang announces its handover of the city to Syrian Government Forces."

This above was posted by Ivan in the Tiger Forces...Syria. ...7h...Pro #FSA activist "Heavy American helicopter aerial presence in Manbij's skies as the PYD gang announces its handover of the city to Syrian Government Forces."............Manbij Civilian 25 & 15 minutes ago : - I'm now within Manbij and there is no presence of the Syrian Arab Army in Manbij. Only presence is on the borders. - The Kurds are arresting anyone who goes out and rallies.

IvanSidorenko1.....No Syrian Armed Forces have Entered Manbij Yet. Only the Surroundings.......NIKK...This was 7 hours ago. Apparently they are waiting for the US to leave...then they will go in to protect.