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U.S. Equipment, but Not Troops, Begins Exiting Syria in Chaotic Withdrawal
The New York Slimes ^
| January 11, 2019
| Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Ben Hubbard, Chaos Desk
Posted on 01/12/2019 10:25:59 AM PST by Navy Patriot
The American military has started withdrawing some equipment, but not yet troops, from Syria as part of President Trumps order to wind down that battleground against the Islamic State, two Defense Department officials said on Friday amid continuing confusion over plans to disengage from one of the Middle Easts most complex conflicts.
The officials said the number of American troops might actually increase slightly in Syria, to help protect the final process of pulling out an operation that is still expected to take at least four to six months to complete.
There are currently about 2,000 troops mostly Army soldiers and Marines in northeast Syria or in the Middle Euphrates River Valley to oust the remaining pockets of Islamic State fighters and secure newly-liberated areas from their return. A vaguely worded statement from the American military headquarters in Baghdad, which is overseeing the fight against the Islamic State, said the withdrawal process from Syria had begun.
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To: flamberge
[When the British withdrew from Afghanistan, their entire force of 26,000 men was slaughtered on the way out. Only three (!!!) survivors made it back.]
4,500 troops, 12,000 camp followers. They were shadowed by Afghans with superior firepower, in the form of a longer-ranged rifle. In no shape or form can it be said that any of the other parties in the Syrian imbroglio has superior firepower. The British force ran out of supplies. Thanks to the miracle of air dominance, air strikes, air drops and air lifts, US forces will run out of supplies when the Democrats decide to let an American expeditionary force be slaughtered, and fail to appropriate the funds necessary for them to obtain the supplies needed to feed and defend themselves, i.e. never, if Democrats want to stay in office.
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01/12/2019 12:36:56 PM PST
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Zhang Fei
(They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
To: Navy Patriot
The NYT has zero credibility with me.
To: Navy Patriot
If the equipment is leaving, the troops will be leaving soon as well.
To: Zhang Fei
You are of course correct in your remarks.
The British withdrawal was incompetently planned and conducted. It went about as bad as such an operation can go. That is the reason for mentioning it.
Presumably the American withdrawal will be more competently done. And if so, we won't hear accurate descriptions of the operation until it is completed.
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01/12/2019 1:35:37 PM PST
by
flamberge
(It seemed like a good idea at the time)
To: Zhang Fei
US forces will run out of supplies when the Democrats decide to let an American expeditionary force be slaughtered, and fail to appropriate the funds necessary for them to obtain the supplies needed to feed and defend themselves, i.e. never, if Democrats want to stay in office. I would not be so confident about the Democrats' sanity.
Many appear to be self-destructive and willing to take down everybody else with them. They must not be given the chance to try it.
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01/12/2019 1:39:15 PM PST
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flamberge
(It seemed like a good idea at the time)
To: Navy Patriot
Because, of course, if the troops leave, the equipment will take care of itself.
At least they're consistent - hardware (eg. guns) have a mind and will of their own, in the mind of a lib.
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01/12/2019 2:30:27 PM PST
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grobdriver
(BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
To: Navy Patriot
There's that word again: "chaos". When the "opposition party" uses it, they betray their complete ignorance of modern management principles. In the case of the NYT, they also betray their ignorance of their own best-sellers list (albeit from a couple decades ago).
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