Posted on 05/09/2020 7:53:04 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
You would never get that from the News Media (propaganda).
I continue to pray that stability and security eventually settle around the Kurds, Arab allies and Syriac Christians in N. Syria. In spite of the destabilizing effect of Turkey and their ISIS (Islamist) terrorist friends.
Israel has put in place powerful attacks on Iranian Militia's in Syria (reports say they are leaving Syria). Iran is suffering badly from Covid19. The bottom has fallen out of oil prices, which is badly damaging Iran's ability to spread terror. And the opposition in Iran are growing stronger inside Iran. Desperation bring unpredictable acts. This is coming to a head soon.
Syria Ping!
I’m glad we’re still with the Kurds.
Can you give a good reason why we should not keep the oil as spoils of war, or if you like, as compensation for the costs of liberation?
Any time someone mentions it’s about the oil, just ask them how much we got?
Aside from Israel, the Kurds are our only REAL ally in the entire Middle East.
They are good allies.
Outside of N. Syria, Kurds vary a lot. They are totally secular in Syria. Each group of Kurds outside of Syria have different priorities.
My point, right now the price of oil is very low. It is because of strategic maneuvers to protect allies and to continue to fight terrorism that we stay there.
Agree, but there are some here who disagree for various reasons. They seldom tell the real reason they disagree.
The strategic value of controlling the oil is much more valuable than the oil itself right now. But I have no answer how large it is. The way the neighboring countries act the oil field must be valuable.
.....” resulted in the *capturing of an ISIS leader”.....
Oh good...he’ll be sharing information!
Great. More neocon war games.
While weve been blowing $8 trillion on neocon crusades and war games in the Middle East, we ignored the virus from China that has killed 70k Americans and brought our economy to its knees.
Thanks for nothing neocons!!
Bibi and whats his name have formed a government that is surely much stronger than before. Bibi now has the political power consolidated to permit active attack on the diminished Iranian forces .
One wonders if such power actually benefits Syria by killing the Iranian cancer.
One wonders if the law suits against Bibi are still alive
I am not a Neocon.
The virus from China did not bring our economy to it’s knees. Our Experts, directing our leaders did it.
Insane response to the Unknown. Like in NYC where they turned a bad virus into a killing field of old people for money. Yes, Fed Money.
I’m not making excuses for the ChiComs, they think nothing of killing thousands of their own citizens. They think nothing about hiding the cross species transmission of the virus or the nature of the infection.
Nations die from bad leadership. President Trump has been a remarkable president. But he has allowed some really bad advice to be taken. Advice about which little was known about the true risk in the beginning.
He will be pushing daisies. I suspect them will send him to Iraq and try him. They execute ISIS there.
Flawed interpretation not including the full reasoning of the President’s task force.
Don’t know the answers to any of that. I generaly like Bibi.
Certainly pray so. Iran needs to be taken down.
President’s task force? You mean the coalition?
President Trump has a great history of doing the right thing with international relations. Much better than the predecessors who blindly listened to the stripped pants suits in the State Department. 50 years of disasters should have taught us to do better, but the Deep State is deeply entrenched.
Yes. Agree. Extinguish great evil, where we can.
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