[Alberta's Child]

The other is that the US wished to retain main influence in Northern Syria which it has now lost to Syria, Russia and Iran.

No offense, but do you have any idea how ridiculous this sounds? Syria is a sovereign nation, and the U.S. had no more right to "retain main influence" anywhere in its borders than China has to "retain main influence" anywhere in the U.S.

Just read it differently to see how ludicrous that is:

The Mexican government is opposed to the Trump administration's deportation policy because it wishes to retain main influence in the Southwestern United States which it has now lost to the United States.

WTF?

[rdcbn]

Not advocating the position, just giving some perspective on why some in the military and political leadership see value in a US military presence in Syria .

We seemingly have no idea about what has really been going on in Syria, but whatever it is, it is a much bigger deal than we have been led to believe and great pains have been taken to make sure we are met in the dark

There is a reason for this

[vrwc1]

No offense, but do you have any idea how ridiculous this sounds? Syria is a sovereign nation, and the U.S. had no more right to "retain main influence" anywhere in its borders than China has to "retain main influence" anywhere in the U.S.

+1

[Candor7]

You are right. One World Progressives and Liberals have introduced a new concept to dilute traditional concepts of a nation’s sovereignty.

One such word is “Main influence.”

The USA has no business in Syria, or in Turkey for that matter, unless ISIS usng Syria as a base again organizes attacks on the USA and its various international stations of diplomacy and military.Then we just blow them up again, if necessary, without taking any prisoners.I do not think that Syria, Iraq,Russia or Iran will allow that evolution again.

Turkey needs to be removed from NATO. It now has joined the Russia/Iran axis of power.