Posted on 10/07/2019 8:02:08 AM PDT by RummyChick
Donald Trump issued a stern defense on Monday of his decision to withdraw American forces from parts of northern Syria, a move that will make way for a Turkish invasion in the region and likely doom the Kurdish fighters who the U.S. has been aiding for years.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of his long-planned offensive on Monday. Trump justified his decision in a five-part 247-word tweetstorm, framing it as part of a larger policy of pulling U.S. troops out of 'ridiculous Endless Wars' and insisting that the ISIS caliphate is now '100%' defeated.
'WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN, the U.S. president wrote in allcaps.
He fumed at European allies' refusal to accept the repatriation of their citizens who U.S. forces have captured as fighters for the ISIS terror army.
And he appeared unmoved by international concerns that a power vacuum will favor an ISIS resurgence and a Kurdish slaughter.
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It is not a dishonor for America to pass the baton back to the rightful owners/tribes...Good on you President Trump for seeing the 'light'.
Shame on you Senator Graham for not standing with our POTUS. Look for those who are benefiting by this endless war, the Deep State military-industrial complex, to loudly protest using words like Graham did...America's honor. Plaaaaat! to that...bring our warriors home, they have done enough
Linsey was a JAG officer. A lawyer.
The Kurds grabbed a whole bunch of land along the northern frontier of Syria. Their hold on it was always tentative and dependent on US support. Further east in Syria and into northern Iraq, the Kurds have much better footing and a case for holding that territory.
Erdogan might make this little stab into Syrian turf, but he won’t be permitted to venture very far, and the condition of the Turkish economy can’t endure a prolonged military campaign.
In the big picture, it has not done the US any good to poke its nose into middle eastern tribal grudges 1500 years old.
“He is still the same McCainiac”
How many planes did the McCainiac wreck before his “songbird of Hanoi” days ? (Yeh, I know politifact and snopes disagree)
I’m willing to bet that Graham is part and parcel of the ongoing coup attempt. I’m also sure that there are numerous other “republicans” involved as well, not just Mitt Romney.
The problem is our government is doing the same to us as to the Kurds.
I just wish the folks have half as much concern for the Christians over there, and what happens to them when the Islamists take over.
“South Viet Nam discovered the same thing about the US and its Congress in 1975”
Another CIA instigated war. The American public hated that war.
American’s aren’t worried about Kurds or Turks either. Only the ghost of McCain, Rubio and Graham war machine complex care deeply.
Trump listens to the heartbeat of the American people.
So the U.S. "withdraws," and the Turks will "invade."
At no time in the last ten years have I seen any reference to the U.S. military action in Syria as an INVASION ... even though that's exactly what it was.
‘WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN.
He’s right most of the tribes want others to do the work for them they have played the scam to long.
They can’t get anything right for a thousand years.
Elected governments change all the time. Any foreign interests that deal with us should know that before they accept any "promises" from the U.S. government.
In the absence of a formal treaty that has been signed by a U.S. President and ratified by the U.S. Senate, any "commitment" from our government should be seen as nothing more than a 48-hour virus -- and dealt with accordingly.
I voted for Donald Trump because I was hoping that the days of the U.S. taking sides in foreign civil wars are over. This is one big step in the right direction.
They may be outgunned, but the US has highly trained this tough and dedicated fighting force, and equipped them well to defend themselves. Hopefully, we will all be surprised by how well they perform.
Screw Graham and all neocons. Always willing to send others to die in their foreign adventures that never end in victory.
Is Vietnam a Communist hell-hole now?
Do you know who— what part of the mil-indust complex counsels dangling the Kurds out there? The same ones who told GHWBush to 1.) abandon the Marsh Arabs in Iraq — in order to “stabilize” Saddam’s “rule”, after the “mile of death” stopping Shwartzkopf from going into Baghdad.
And, 2.) the same bushies who GHWB listened to, and abandoned the Kurds (to “preserve Nato”) under a different Turkish president/govt. The perpetual ‘deep state’ shadow govt. creating situations and things that they tell themselves is for the protection of the US— when it is really about their own Beltway bandit pocket lining. Still waving the flag. Deep State point of the spear warriors can tell us about this— if they wouldn’t be bumped off for doing so. Call it orchestration by the muzzie bush, and clinton dynastys merger that was to be handed off to Hitlery. Damned discouraging. The chi-com/russkie hegemony there, well they are still at it and screwing with the US.
This is what the mil-industrial people, no matter dem or repub/rinos want— continual f/ups, stringing it all out, never winning decisively, and MILKING the money— while they wave a flag. So the old bushie hands still screwing the Kurds. Trump is not abandoning them but they are never trumper bushies who are trying to force him to do so. Erdogan, with Brexit, is leaning to the Russians... all over.. energy and a pipeline.
God Bless Trump for managing the chess board in the midst of ridiculous onslaughts from the leftover obamaumao criminal regime and his deep state profit seeking minions, who are scared to death of GITMO trials as FISA gate approaches and the Ukrainian “cutout” Billions in “lost” US State Dept. money is being uncovered. We the People do have a role in this— support the United States, the real United States they would have us lose in globalism.
Exactly how did Syria get destabilized in the first place? Was it part of the Arab Spring BS the Obamatard was pushing?
Basically. The "Arab Spring" led to ISIS which expanded into Syria. Assad, like any dictator, was in a somewhat tenuous position, so when ISIS crossed the Syrian border, all kinds of rebel groups popped up overnight to add to the conflagration.
Had to think a bit and finally came to this conclusion.
When was Syria ever stable? What is stable? And finally why is it in the best interest of America to have more brave patriots die for any Muslim?
It is truly sickening that America never stops using those extremely loyal to us and then flushing them down the toilet.
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