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    Default Trump suggests turning US military into mercenaries for Arab regimes.

    Trump: Saudis need to pay if they want US troops to stay in Syria


    Trump reiterates necessity for US troops to leave Syria unless Riyadh pays for continuation of US presence there.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/...061302069.html

    OK- so he's a businessmen. But hiring out the US military ?

    Wouldn't that negate any oaths that service personnel have taken ? Who is going to enlist to fight for the head-chopping tyrants of the House of Saud - and by implication the civilian-slaughtering thieves of ' Israel ' ?
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    Would that mean that any atrocities committed by the US troops would be the responsibility of their paymasters ? Like Blackwater in Iraq ? ' Hands clean ' America ?
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    it aint happening, but if it did it would just be who funds it

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    it aint happening, but if it did it would just be who funds it
    I don't see any difference between ' Funding ' troops and ' Paying ' them.

    Shysters might have an argument.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon2012 View Post
    I don't see any difference between ' Funding ' troops and ' Paying ' them.
    no difference there..the other no difference would be the mission or chain of command, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    it aint happening, but if it did it would just be who funds it

    Trump is just jealous of Eric Prince.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    no difference there..the other no difference would be the mission or chain of command, etc.
    It's the paymaster that calls the shots- or there would be no value for money.
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    Saudi in talks with US over troop deployment in Syria

    Foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir says Riyadh is willing to send soldiers amid reports Trump is looking to exit Syria.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/...193232765.html
    The Sauds, it appears, are hell-bent upon war and seeking to provoke Iran in order to start one.
    Saudi presence in Syria is ILLEGAL. So is that of the USA. Trump has no authority at all- not even military- to make any such arrangements with the tyrannical Saudis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    The Sauds, it appears, are hell-bent upon war and seeking to provoke Iran in order to start one.
    Saudi presence in Syria is ILLEGAL. So is that of the USA. Trump has no authority at all- not even military- to make any such arrangements with the tyrannical Saudis.
    You may want to take this with a grain of Salt. Its aljazeera.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    You may want to take this with a grain of Salt. Its aljazeera.
    Ah. And Al Jazeera speaks the truth about your despotic Saudis. I can see how that could worry you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    Ah. And Al Jazeera speaks the truth about your despotic Saudis. I can see how that could worry you.
    Al Jazeera speaks almost as much shit as you do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Al Jazeera speaks almost as much shit as you do.
    Al Jazeera has actually won awards for its journalism and is rated by MediaBias/Accuracy tone highly accurate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Al Jazeera has actually won awards for its journalism and is rated by MediaBias/Accuracy tone highly accurate.
    Al Jazeera has given that all up. They started out ok, not anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    OK- so he's a businessmen. But hiring out the US military ?

    Wouldn't that negate any oaths that service personnel have taken ? Who is going to enlist to fight for the head-chopping tyrants of the House of Saud - and by implication the civilian-slaughtering thieves of ' Israel ' ?
    Trump now wants to be Milo Minderbinder

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Al Jazeera has given that all up. They started out ok, not anymore.
    Well, I disagree, I find their news to be very informative and factual, I’d like to see your proof they are no longer factual, thanks.

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