If there’s one good thing about the political crisis triggered Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria it’s been to make people realize the US is there. As Seth Harp in the New Yorker noted, it has done everything possible to conceal that fact.
If there’s one good thing about the political crisis triggered Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria it’s been to make people realize the US is there. As Seth Harp in the New Yorker noted, it has done everything possible to conceal that fact.
We can’t have any troops in Iraq or Syria!
The Lightbringer declared victory and withdrew them all in the second year of his reign.
The true litmus test was how Israel would respond to the pull out. Netanyahu made it pretty clear that he doesn’t have a problem with it, because:
NETANYAHU: U.S. SUPPORTS ESCALATED ISRAELI RESPONSE TO IRAN IN SYRIA
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Netanyahu-US-supports-our-response-to-Iran-in-Syria-574994
So, who are you going to trust? Russia to remove Iran from Syria, or Israel to make them pay dearly for staying?
Excellent point. My money is on Israel.
“So, who are you going to trust? Russia to remove Iran from Syria, or Israel to make them pay dearly for staying?”
You say that as thought the Syrian government didn’t invite both Russia and Iran into their sovereign nation.
Who is it again that is demanding that Iran be removed from Syria and by what right do they make this demand?
Consider your answer carefully. If a future Civil War were to break out in the United States, by what reasoning does Russia or any other enemy of America not have the same right to interfere in the conflict?
“All flanks, and no front”… Very interesting little quote there…
FYI this new brave browser is slightly more polished than the previous one…
Going to have to put some learning effort into this basic attention token thing tho.
BAT appears to be a crypto currency.
“Special Operations Command, known as JSOC, basic facts are kept classified, including the cost of the mission, the units involved, where they are located, and the number of wounded, which is believed to be substantial.”
Merry Xmas fellows…. Your Lunch money has disappeared along with the likes of John McCain.. John Brennan must be furious and all those British spies unemployed…. The Military freeloaders listed on the Stock Market will tank…YEP! overplayed your hand.. Obama was easy to fool….
Mad Dog went away … mad. Mad that “his” WAR and WAR budget disappeared from under him. So let’s see if all his predicted chaos follows Trump’s declaration of PEACE. Taking cheap shots at Trump on his way out only cheapens his own legacy … nothing more.
Obama put us in Syria to ignite another “Arab Spring” uprising and murder of a President. Obama, like Jimmy Carter was fully invested in radical Islamic theocratic Rule. So Assad just had to go. Obama funneled guns and money to America’s sworn enemies to achieve that end. He failed, just as with every other thing he and his sophomoric leftists tried. Well except for weaponizing the Deep state against the American people.
Thank you, President Trump for getting US … the hell OUT of Syria. We have NO interest there. Let Europe control their own Muslim “refugee” invasion problem. Let the Islamist-UN whine about Assad. Well done, President Trump, well done.
now to wait for all the key board generals to weigh in:-)))
America should remove every single man/woman from the middle east and let them slaughter themselves.
Really like your common-sense approach to things.
So do I.
The incoherence of our progressive comrades is amusing.
1: President Trump plans on keeping his promise.
2:2 years of excuses from the military,who first denied even being involved.
3: Almost all who were against USA messing in Syria,are now all for continued interference.
4: Is Syria a country?If yes, then WTF are these morons talking about?
If no,then what profit is there to justify fighting over?
‘Incoherent’ to us perhaps, but ‘undeviating’ to them. I recall when Harper shook hands with his son, (first day of school?), and the media lefties screamed that he was cold & unfeeling.
If, on the other hand, he’d hugged the boy, they would have screamed equally loudly that he was embarrassing the child.
Same with Syria, if a non-Democrat sends in troops he’s putting the world on the brink of WWIII, but if he takes them out he’s setting up the region for a Russian takeover.
As Simon & Garfunkel sang in Mrs Robinson: “Laugh about it, shout about it
When you’ve got to choose
Every way you look at this you lose.”
Good recall on the Harper Derangement Syndrome,blatant attacks on the man,his wife and especially his children.
Same MO on Trump.
But none at all on Justine’s.
All the same “reporters” ..
All the same situations.
Just imagine our parasitic presstitutes if the Kokene Groper had been Harper…They would have been all over his children;Demanding they apologize for Daddy’s past actions,from before they were born.
After a decade of that does anyone wonder that Steven Harper is sitting back and smiling.
Canada is doomed,we did not support Harper’s mild reforms and now we reap the benefits of Liberal Largess & lunacy.
Silver lining.
Western Separation is becoming a real thing.
For under the reign of Queen Justine,the west is better off out of Canada by every economic and social standard.
Without any benefit from “confederation” is Canada even a country?
Thank God if separation happens BC will be forced to go along, then we get to ditch our statists too.
Next a BC and AB party – separation if necessary but not necessarily. It seems the former is taking primacy.
One more Grit win for coercive, cronyism ought to do it, with QC deciding against AB’s dirty oil, but for their money
Lower Mainland, Vancouver and the Island are not invited until they manage their lefty problem. Northern and Eastern BC, those that understand how resource development is a basis of prosperity, are welcome. For those not invited, a good depression based on Justine’s enlightened policies may be enough to wake them up.
But back in the days of Steven Harper the Presstitutes were not yet accepting a paycheque from the Liberal party for services rendered. How these Bastards sleep at night or look their children in the eye is hard to imagine!
Let’s parse this down: ” As Seth Harp in the New Yorker noted, it has done everything possible to conceal that fact.” So “it” would refer to the MSM, and “done everything possible to conceal that fact” would include deliberately turning a blind eye to eight years of war because a Dem was in the White House? The journos absolutely beggar belief. They can’t even take responsibility for deliberately shirking their own jobs!
I am asking Santa for an ORANGE Hi_Visability vest for Christmas. I’m putting on the back, “I Stand with Trump, Country First”. As a Canadian I’m getting a little, no scratch that, I’m BIGLY p*ssed off at the direction our governments have been leading us. The Yellow Vest protests will be as nothing when Americans really start to take it to the useless politicians that will not do what they were elected for, and an ORANGE vest is very appropriate. Governments were elected for the people by the people. As I’ve said before here on numerous occasions “Government’s first priority is to protect the society that elected it. Full Stop! Any attempt to tell us that the government is going to do what it thinks best for us by imposing more taxes and restrictions that weren’t even on the electoral ticket should be met with removal from office. The truckers in Alberta should all don ORANGE vests and start a movement.
first off….you pretend these are not 3rdworldshitholes….have the news media paint them as poor innocents
…and deny they totally hate each other, will never stop killing each other, lie like there’s no tomorrow
I wonder how many Americans could find Syria on a map?
Heck how many members of Congress could?
Personally, I’ve been amused at the political and media muddle over this one.
First, it was a “bad decision” for the US to be “bogged down” in the Middle East.
But now, it’s a “bad decision” for the US to get out and “abandon” its allies.