Kurds are like Black people. There are both good and bad.
Those unwiling to stop their war with Turkey are the bad ones
CNN is ATT
Dump ATT
Oh yeah, Assad...bad guy. He was the one leader in the middle east where you could drink alcohol, dance on Latakia beach in a bikini, be a Christian, be a Jew, be any species of moslem etc. Women could dress how they pleased, drive a car, have a job, travel, etc.
And State/CIA/USAID decided the Saudi Sunni throwbacks should have a wahabbist theocracy there instead. So we created and funded ISIS before they got out of hand. They were only supposed to overthrow Assad.
But any curious people out there ever wonder where the fleets of matching Toyota HiLux trucks came from? The matching uniforms and webgear? All the modern arms? Anyone wonder why they never worried about air attack and simply drove in massive convoys down MSRs on the open desert in broad daylight.
Our Syria adventure has been a complete joke. It resulted in the floods of millions of migrants into Europe, the creating of ISIS and more Sunni terrorism, and a tar baby we cannot extract from.
All so neocons like Bush and Hillary can play their grand game
BS. Just watch Trump win this one to9.
Take the entirety of their corrupt media personnel and drop them where the Kurds are. We’ll see who ‘betrays’ who pretty quick.
This issue has been discussed heartily on FR for some time. I have not seen adequate discussion of …
1. Russia's involvement with Turkey, Syria, and Iran. Just who has Russia provided its S400 air defense system to? (Iran?, Syria?, Turkey?) Russia continues to provide support to Iran's nuclear program. Russia has provided advanced aircraft to Turkey, a NATO ally? And of course Russia has expanded its naval base in Syria.
2. What is China's role in Iran? China's Belt and Road economic policy suggests to me that they will have a role in future Middle East politics. Isn't there evidence that Russia and China are revitalizing their old alliance?
3. I have not seen an adequate explanation of the differences between the communist Kurds (KPP?) who the Turks have been fighting for a long time and the Kurdish Peshmerga who we have supplied in the fight against ISIS.
4. For all his evilness, Assad did not seem to harbor ill well towards the Christian minority in the area. Is there a Chrisitan minority left in Syria/Iraq after ISIS?
5. I agree with the opinion that Iran will eventually overthrow the KSA. The Russia/Lebanon/Syria/Iraq/Iran/China connection bodes ill for Israel and western civilization.
I do agree that the mission in Afghanistan is a lost cause and we should pull out from there. Just what is our ground presence in Iraq and Syria accomplishing? It just seems to be a delaying action before the eventual Iranian/Iraqi/Syrian/Lebanese/KSA Shia caliphate emerges.
There are effective means of supporting the Kurds other than a handful of active duty troops with their necks on the line as a “tripwire”. Hearing CNN and the rest of the gang of idiots beating the war drums in reflexive opposition to anything Trump does is actually pretty amusing. I wouldn’t count on sincerity in the face of the fact that these same people were all for the Iraq war until suddenly they weren’t.
If CNN really wants to engage in some basic journalism, perhaps they can start by listing what these “goals” are. The only goal I have seen over the last 30 years is the perpetual use of the U.S. military as a mercenary force for Sunni Muslims.
Sudden? He’s been saying for years...Told mattis almost a year ago to come up with a plan. They just never want to leave no matter what. Well guess what, it’s Trump’s decision, not the lifers.
Best response: So what? Putin and Assad are not the villains in this conflict. We are not back in the cold war anymore, with a powerful USSR and Assad’s cruel father stirring up trouble. Even Israel is dealing with Putin and managing to avoid conflict with Syria.
Stand down.
The media has this all wrong.
We closed down and left 4 observation posts, not “garrisons” as some have said.
They were in a DMZ along the Turkish border, east of the Euphrates. SAS and French troops ahve agreed to man 2 of the posts.
Turkey is not going to “invade” there and have agreed to honor the no-fly zone there.
Turkey doesn’t need another fight with the SDF/Kurds. They are very busy with Assad’s SAA W of the Euphrates in Manbij, etc.
At some point we have to let the indigenous forces and politicians settle Syria for themselves. Turkey used to have borders farther south and there are a lot of Turkic peoples there.
How about they do a few street interview and ask people to name 5 cities in Syria and the top 3 issues that concern the local population. The answers will tell you how much interest their is with keeping Anwar going in Syria
Because CNN cares so much.
I understand the US forces have developed the Kurds into a fine-tuned fighting force with all the weaponry they need, plenty of ammunition which the US will continue supplying and everything needed except for an air force - antiaircraft weapons, yes!
They should be able to take care of themselves considering the rest of the President’s plan for the region.
I’m actually surprised the media hasn’t brought up the Nixon connection yet. Nixon got us out of Vietnam, Trump got us out of Syria.
“Speed of the decision”???? Turks have been fighting Kurds centuries. We shouldn’t be in other people’s wars, especially when they have gone on this long. It means we have to sit there forever. No more Berlin Walls.
Seeing how the pkk are communists I can understand CNN’s concern for their well being
We are not getting out of Syria. Look at this fuel requisition for our Iraqi bases:
Click on SPE605-19-R-0212
That requisition also happens to include 19 bases in Syria.......