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2018-12-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Graham Slams Trump's Plan to Withdraw Troops From Syria: It'd Be ‘Obama-Like Mistake'
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Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-20 04:47|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 Let Puti and MM pay the bills.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-12-20 05:08||   2018-12-20 05:08|| Front Page Top

#2 The SDF is in pretty firm control of NE Syria. Barring a major Turkish invasion I don't think they are too worried. However, there is a small area near the Jordan border that is a defacto safe zone.

Also, what about air cover?

Does anyone know if this will still be ongoing?
Posted by lord garth 2018-12-20 06:09||   2018-12-20 06:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Graham is very shallow on this topic. There is no comparïson between the Obama situation and this situation.

No Russion ordered Wagnor Group assault on our forces occured under Obama as it did in Syria and with renewed US vs Russian sabor rattling happening, a second, more effective assault opportunity should not be allowed in Syria. The ISIS threat is greatly reduced.

US casualties were too high under Obama. Trump promised to reduce casualties and he is acting on his promise as Commander in Chief.
Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-12-20 07:18||   2018-12-20 07:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Lindsey having a Maverick moment.

Those people have been slugging it out for thousands of years. What are we going to gain by interfering in their apparent genetic disposition to tribalism, murder and mayham ?
Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-20 07:21||   2018-12-20 07:21|| Front Page Top

#5 I doubt that many people get that this is just the first indication that the Pentagon is turning back towards trying to find the budget for hardware like the Columbia class subs, B-21 bombers and next gen ICBMs. Time to stop wasting scarce resources on whack-a-mole.
Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-20 08:18||   2018-12-20 08:18|| Front Page Top

#6 So F the Kurds then
Posted by Crusoling de Medici2683 2018-12-20 12:33||   2018-12-20 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Does Graham have a magic wand and with one flourish '♫Magickus Appearus♫! Peace Breaks Out!' -OR- do we plan on staying there until the Heat Death of the Universe?
Posted by magpie 2018-12-20 12:35||   2018-12-20 12:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Graham should not be allowed to get away with his continued dabbling in RINOhood. Instead, he should be required to defend his position of why troops should continue to stay in Syria.
Posted by JohnQC 2018-12-20 13:50||   2018-12-20 13:50|| Front Page Top

#9 General Mathis wants to say, or so the Washington Times/POst/something says. I'd love to hear his honest closed doors reasons why.
Posted by rjschwarz 2018-12-20 14:30||   2018-12-20 14:30|| Front Page Top

#10 So if Trump keeps them there he is wasting dollars because ISIS is defeated. They had him both ways with their anti Trump messaging. If we were to stay we would have to help rebuild, costing millions. Let the UN handle that. Time to go home, there is nothing in Syria worth staying for...
Posted by 49 Pan 2018-12-20 16:21||   2018-12-20 16:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Today is a damn bizarre day. The Russian slimy propaganda news RT is accusing China of Ethnic Cleansing by restricting Uighurs doing physical work to 500 calories...

‘Horrendous Atrocity’: Uighurs claim Ethnic Cleansing in China (VIDEO) https://youtu.be/z2XMamPQVsw

link
Posted by 3dc 2018-12-20 17:15||   2018-12-20 17:15|| Front Page Top

#12 AT ZH they are reporting that Mattis is resigning effective February 2019.
Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-20 18:06||   2018-12-20 18:06|| Front Page Top

#13 Matt is a good man and has served our country well. Thank you sir.
Posted by JohnQC 2018-12-20 18:53||   2018-12-20 18:53|| Front Page Top

#14 When was the last time some GOs said - we have too many missions, please cut some?

And BTW, you've lost control of your southern border thus the homelands. Doesn't matter what the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Syrians et al are doing or could do someplace in the world. You've already lost at home. See - frog and boiling water.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-20 19:24||   2018-12-20 19:24|| Front Page Top

#15 Maybe Trump is following Peter Zeihan's book,

The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America
Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-12-20 20:29||   2018-12-20 20:29|| Front Page Top

#16 Like #4 said.

These people will be at each others throats long after the last U.S. taxpayer funds the last U.S. military objective.
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-12-20 21:18||   2018-12-20 21:18|| Front Page Top

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