President Trump states that US Troops will remain in Syria

[TheCount]

As I have said, I am withdrawing the remaining United States service members from northeast Syria. As United States forces have defeated the ISIS physical caliphate, United States troops coming out of Syria will now redeploy and remain in the region to monitor the situation and prevent a repeat of 2014, when the neglected threat of ISIS raged across Syria and Iraq. A small footprint of United States forces will remain at At Tanf Garrison in southern Syria to continue to disrupt remnants of ISIS.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...mp-regarding-turkeys-actions-northeast-syria/

 

[Swordsmyth]

For now.
They will leave later.

 

[TheCount]

For now.
They will leave later.

Hmm.... I think I've heard this line before...

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Hmm.... I think I've heard this line before...

Ok but some people might have forgotten already, no harm in a repeat of an old statement for a refresher.


That said, if a new civil started between Putin's emerging allies and Israel's recent enemies Iran and Turkey as result of latest MAGA encouraged fighting in Syria, without any US troops there we'll have no way to extert influence.


With Putin's help, Iran and Turkey were becoming dangerously close

Smart 3D move by MAGA to invite Turkey's military in Syria , a step that Iran had opposed.
Credit shoud also go to Netanyahu and Sheldon Adelson for going along with such a visionary step.

 

[tfurrh]

For now.
They will leave later.

Care packages sent

 

[Anti Globalist]

Care packages sent

I've had these before. They're absolutely delicious.

 

[PursuePeace]

Please. Those new-fangled wimpy things?

Real now and laters ripped your teeth right out of your head.
And it took about 20 minutes to eat just one. (including the bits of wrapper that you could never quite get off.)

 

[tfurrh]

Please. Those new-fangled wimpy things?

Real now and laters ripped your teeth right out of your head.
And it took about 20 minutes to eat just one. (including the bits of wrapper that you could never quite get off.)

I remember those. If you chomped down, you couldn't open your mouth back up.

 

[AngryCanadian]

At Tanf Garrison in southern Syria to continue to disrupt remnants of ISIS.

Another lie There is no remnants of ISIS unless of course the American forces at southern Syria base are actually training the Jihadists.

 

[vita3]

Syrian Army is going into Raqqa...

Don't be shocked if we pull completely out of Syria....

 

[juleswin]

Syrian Army is going into Raqqa...

Don't be shocked if we pull completely out of Syria....

Does that pull out include Al Tanf area? cos then will I celebrate this "pullout" along with the rest of the forum.

 

[vita3]

You are correct that when & IF we pull out of Al-Tanf it will be checkmate for complete removal of US troops in Syria.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Trump criticizing Obama (today) for NOT sending more troops to Syria.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Trump criticizing Obama (today) for NOT sending more troops to Syria.

That's not what he is saying, everyone knows O'Bummer started and exacerbated the war.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Does that pull out include Al Tanf area? cos then will I celebrate this "pullout" along with the rest of the forum.

It will, Trump has always said it would be a phased withdrawal.

 

[Zippyjuan]

It will, Trump has always said it would be a phased withdrawal.

"We will leave Syria very soon." Trump- March, 2017.

"All of our troops will be out of Syria in 30 days." Trump- December, 2018.

 

[Zippyjuan]

That's not what he is saying, everyone knows O'Bummer started and exacerbated the war.

Actually that was Assad.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-road-to-syria-bill-whitaker/

Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov is the chairman of the Russian Parliament's Defense Committee. He was involved in the planning of the Syrian mission.

Bill Whitaker: I'm just wondering if you believe that Assad has a role in the future of Syria?

Vladimir Komoyedov: The problem is that he has lost some of his authority. The people themselves must figure out, in elections, whom to follow and how to build their lives, which have been essentially ruined in Syria.

Ruined, in large part, by President Assad's own military. We got the sense Admiral Komoyedov is not crazy about the Syrian president, who has dropped bombs on his own people. The admiral used a derogatory term to describe Assad, then asked that we not repeat it on TV.

Vladimir Komoyedov: We know why the opposition was formed. It was formed due to the mistakes of the president of Syria himself.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Actually that was Assad.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-road-to-syria-bill-whitaker/

Wrong, the rebels would never have been more than a nuisance and a small law enforcement problem without O'Bummer and other western countries meddling.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Wrong, the rebels would never have been more than a nuisance and a small law enforcement problem without O'Bummer and other western countries meddling.

It is impossible for people to decide to protest an oppressive government on their own. Nobody would ever do such a thing.

 

[Superfluous Man]

Hmm.... I think I've heard this line before...

I mean, it's guaranteed to be true on a long enough time horizon. And for redhats, no matter when it happens, it will be another promise Trump kept.