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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    It's Obobo's bloody war. And the mission was never to protect the Kurds and establish a Kurdish state.

    never our war..Obama tried arming the SDF, and they lost their weapons to the AQ types
    when SDF leadership fled to Turkey

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    It's Obobo's bloody war. And the mission was never to protect the Kurds and establish a Kurdish state.

    The broader point in this is congress has ceded too much ‘war authority’ to the executive branch.

    For example, if Democrats want to make an issue out of Trump withdrawing troops from Syria—they should get their asses on record and vote one way or another on it.
    Coup has started. First of many steps. Impeachment will follow ultimately~WB attorney Mark Zaid, January 2017

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    never our war..Obama tried arming the SDF, and they lost their weapons to the AQ types
    when SDF leadership fled to Turkey
    That was a case study in why we have no business being mixed up in it.
    Coup has started. First of many steps. Impeachment will follow ultimately~WB attorney Mark Zaid, January 2017

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    ^ Congress won't own their war powers ever. But they'll stick their noses in it. Military Industrial Complex meddling

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    you should get the Brits in there immediately.

    I wanna see what Assad can do against Erdogan, the only fun part of this Syrian civil war
    The Westminster Government handed Syria to France when we and they, not America, were the imperialist powers; we fuck up other countries, but, by and large, we don't sell out our friends like your yellow-bellied scumbag.

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    "Lawmakers expect to get a veto-proof majority backing sanctions against Turkey."
    https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/10...aham-normandy/

    "Bipartisan sanctions legislation targeting Turkey’s leadership places U.S. President Donald Trump on a collision course with congressional Republicans furious over his decision to abandon America’s Kurdish allies in northeastern Syria."



    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    The broader point in this is congress has ceded too much ‘war authority’ to the executive branch.

    For example, if Democrats want to make an issue out of Trump withdrawing troops from Syria—they should get their asses on record and vote one way or another on it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    "Lawmakers expect to get a veto-proof majority backing sanctions against Turkey."
    https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/10...aham-normandy/

    "Bipartisan sanctions legislation targeting Turkey’s leadership places U.S. President Donald Trump on a collision course with congressional Republicans furious over his decision to abandon America’s Kurdish allies in northeastern Syria."
    Good.

    Now they’ll have to answer to their constituents.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    never our war..Obama tried arming the SDF, and they lost their weapons to the AQ types
    when SDF leadership fled to Turkey
    Obobo and the Socialist Democrats and the neocons think ... it is.
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
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    Yeah. Not stabbing our Allies in the back.



    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Good.

    Now they’ll have to answer to their constituents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    "Lawmakers expect to get a veto-proof majority backing sanctions against Turkey."
    https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/10...aham-normandy/

    "Bipartisan sanctions legislation targeting Turkey’s leadership places U.S. President Donald Trump on a collision course with congressional Republicans furious over his decision to abandon America’s Kurdish allies in northeastern Syria."
    President Trump seeks to replace real wars with trade wars. Do you object to that strategy?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Yeah. Not stabbing our Allies in the back.
    It was never our mission to protect the Kurds and establish a Kurdish state.

    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

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    I object to Trump pulling US out of Syria at this critical juncture. Snatching DEFEAT ... from the Jaws of Victory.



    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    President Trump seeks to replace real wars with trade wars. Do you object to that strategy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    The Kurds find a new ally in Assad. Good for them, I hope it works out.

    Problem is Assad is aligned with Russia, ex-ally now Russian ally not good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    I object to Trump pulling US out of Syria at this critical juncture. Snatching DEFEAT ... from the Jaws of Victory.
    Really? ... define a U.S. victory in Syria.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagle-Eye View Post
    Problem is Assad is aligned with Russia, ex-ally now Russian ally not good.
    'Shia Crescent' from Iran to Mediterranean. Iran is writing 'Thank You' note to Trump.

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