Cut and Run: Trump Abandons Kurds, Israel, in Questionable Pullout from Syria

[Bourbon]

President Donald Trump’s tweet early evening Wednesday shocked the world: “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.”

The tweet that shook the world was part of a string of rapid fire tweets about how the Mexican government is really bearing the cost of the border wall and how the NY State attorney general was unfair when she ordered the Trump foundation to dissolve and give away its cash to other charities. But the announcement of the US withdrawal from Syria did not escape a shocked world’s attention.


For one thing, because the US presence in Syria and the steadfast and brave US soldiers have stood up to the Russians and the Iranians (ISIS hasn’t been a real player in Syria for more than a year) was possibly the only part of the Trump foreign policy the entire Western world agreed with.

Israel, which has created its own channel of communication with the Russian military in Syria, has nevertheless drawn great comfort from the fact that it was not the only other major Western player in the Syrian theater. Now that Russia will have new reasons to act as the biggest bully in the region, Israel would have to be even more cautious. Have you heard of any IAF attacks on Hezbollah convoys hauling weapons from Syria into Lebanon? Not recently – and according to the Lebanese press, those convoys are still going, supported by the Lebanese Army’s head of Intelligence, who is also a Hezbollah stooge.

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-n...ia/2018/12/20/

[Bourbon]

INB4 But But But But WhadaBoutObama

[cawacko]

What do you believe we should do in Syria Bourbon?

[Bourbon]

Putin Backs Trump's Decision To Pull Troops Out Of Syria, Says "Donald Is right"



Source: Newsweek

The Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that the U.S. is correct to withdraw its troops from Syria.

During his annual Q&A with domestic and foreign media, Putin was asked by The Chicago Tribune what he thought of the decision by President Donald Trump and his claims that the war against the Islamic State had been won.

"Donald is right and I agree with him," Putin said.

Putin reiterated Moscow’s view that the U.S. presence in Syria is illegitimate because it has not been agreed by the U.N. Security Council or approved by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/putin-backs...-right-1266460

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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, describing the American presence there as illegitimate and the Islamic State as largely defeated on the ground.

Putin told journalists at his annual year-end news conference that the Islamic State has suffered “serious blows” in Syria.

“On this, Donald is right. I agree with him,” Putin said.

Trump said Wednesday that the Islamic State has been defeated in Syria, although analysts say the militant group remains a deadly force.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...f6b_story.html

[Bourbon]

What do you believe we should do in Syria Bourbon?

What do you believe we should do in (First) Afghanistan and (Second) Iraq cawacko?

[Phantasmal]

We have a bad habit of abandoning the Kurds.

[moon]

The US is in Syria illegally. American respect for the rule of law rates with Izrael's.

Yanqui- go home.

[cawacko]

What do you believe we should do in (First) Afghanistan and (Second) Iraq cawacko?

Was there a problem asking your opinion on a topic you posted about?

[Bourbon]

Was there a problem asking your opinion on a topic you posted about?

Is there a problem asking why Trump would end a 7 year War over a 17 year War?

[Bourbon]

We have a bad habit of abandoning the Kurds.

If I were the Kurds, the next time an American President ask ...

[Jack]

What do you believe we should do in Syria Bourbon?

Support the Northern Federation in their attempt to be an autonomous region of a federated Syria.

"The supporters of the region argue that it is an officially secular polity[14][15] based on a libertarian socialist ideology promoting decentralization, gender equality, environmental sustainability and pluralistic tolerance for religious, cultural and political diversity, and that these values are mirrored in its constitution, society, and politics, claiming it to be a model for a federalized Syria as a whole, rather than outright independence.[16][17][18][19][5][20][21]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democr...Northern_Syria

[cawacko]

Is there a problem asking why Trump would end a 7 year War over a 17 year War?

Ok, I apologize for asking your opinion. Not sure what I was thinking to do so on a discussion board

[Phantasmal]

If I were the Kurds, the next time an American President ask ...

Exactly

[Legion]

Remind me; what did Obama do to help the Kurds that liberals suddenly pretend to care about?

[Bourbon]

Ok, I apologize for asking your opinion. Not sure what I was thinking to do so on a discussion board

In my OPINION. putting 6 Thousand Troops on the MEXICAN BORDER and taking 2 Thousand from Syria and leaving 5 Thousand in Iraq ... is STUPID