Posted on 12/29/2018 1:26:58 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
On December 19, 2018, President Trump declared correctly that “we have won against ISIS,” and announced that the remaining 2,000 American troops in Syria would be withdrawn.
The president has made the right decision. Having won the war against ISIS, he does not want to lose the peace by getting into a military conflict with the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces, or with the Iranians or the Russians, or even with the Turks for that matter.
As the father of an Army officer who is in theater right now, I think I have a right to an opinion. And in my opinion, the desert sands of Syria are not worth a single American life.
Everyone agrees that the commander in chief should bring our troops home from any overseas combat theater as soon as the mission is complete.
But what is the mission?
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And I propose we declare war from now on. Enough of this AUOF. That’s a crock of shit.
IIRC, Bammy unconstitutional and secretly redirected guns we were sending to Libya to Syrian “rebels” and then he imprisoned an innocent man to cover it all up. (”It’s the video’s fault!”)
Speaking for MY officer son who recently returned from Somalia, they are not there to stop ISIS or Al Shabab (however it’s spelled.). They are there to check the Chinese.
The Whole continent is a mess.
“It breaks my heart every time a Wounded Warrior Project commercial comes on TV. Bring the troops home NOW!”
Do your research!! They are not what you think they are!!
That is a history lesson.
We will not be putting you on the Welcome Newbies Committee! LOL!
I get that he was a nut. But was his essay incorrect? I don’t know his background. So, I would be interested in hear an “informed” opinion in the context of the “time.”
Was your son in Somalia or Djibouti? There is a pretty large but rarely mentioned US military presence in the latter place. I wasn’t aware of any US uniformed personnel in Somalia. CIA yes.
Having won the war against ISIS, he does not want to lose the peace by getting into a military conflict with the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces, or with the Iranians or the Russians, or even with the Turks for that matter.
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Note that when the article refers Syria, it uses “Syrian dictator Bashar” but wnen referring to Turkey, it uses “the Turks” rather than “the Turkish dictator Erdogan.”
Sorry, the plot that approached Butler wasn’t drunk bar room talk. He was approached by serious men. He carefully had it evesdropped on and documented by a newspaperman who reported it.
As for MacArthur attacking the bonus marchers, President Hoover directly ordered him to stop after clearing one side of the river. MacArthur deliberately ignored his direct presidential orders from Hoover and continued his shameful attack. That kind of insubordination and grandiose BS is why he was banished to the Pacific in WWII, and eventually fired by Truman.
I hear everyone in the military now prattling on about stopping the Chinese in Africa. Lots of friends keep trotting out that company line.
The ONLY reason we support the Saudis is the Petro dollar. If that collapses, we are screwed. Iran doesn’t matter. Chopping up people doesn’t matter. Their exported terrorism doesn’t matter.
When that is examined and understood, the whole mess over there is easier to see for what it is.
He was in DJ for about a month. Then he moved to Mogadishu for about nine months.
He described it in the same terms Trump used.
On July 1, 1933, Butler met with MacGuire and Doyle for the first time. FDR was already president when the JP Morgan inspired Business plot coup was being planned.
They wanted MacArthur because he would have easily gone along with a fascist model and a coup. But he was radioactive with veterans after he attacked the bonus marchers with cavalry using flats of swords, tanks, and vomit gas.
So they went to Butler who they thought might play ball.
Instead, he exposed them. And remember, at that time Mussolini and his fascism was considered the modern marvel and more than a few admired that approach.
Well, he was USA. He “worked” with a bunch of other people. For some reason he did not tell me much more than “he got around a little.”
“The US, not unsuccessfully, applied military force in a number of Caribbean and Central American countries from 1900 to 1934.”
Yes, and it continued into the 50s with the Dulles brothers and the CIA. We supported any despot as long as they would play ball with our bankers. We continue to see evidence of that “success” everyday, crossing our border by the millions.
Butler was right. It was a racket.
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