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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
For US in Syria, end game gets murkier as IS shrinks
2018-02-10
[IsraelTimes] Defense secretary denies US being dragged into broader war, says Russia not involved in 'perplexing' overnight attack on US-backed fighters

The closer the US gets to its original goal in Syria of defeating the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, the murkier its end game. New layers of complexity are descending on a shifting battlefield, as demonstrated by a deadly barrage of American air and artillery strikes on a shadowy attacker.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  " The end game is simple. We come home. They remain barbarians. Only thing uncertain is when we come home."

For some, this is home.

For the Lord, it is waste.

They had better Pray they have US. There has never been a better power. Ever.
Posted by: newc   2018-02-10 21:54  

#3  When and how. I believe that a week after 9/11 we should have parachuted a couple 15 Mt nukes into Mecca while our diplomats explained that US technicians would visit the bombs weekly, and any interference or unauthorized approach would result in immediate detonation.
I'd recommend the same for Damascus.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-02-10 14:33  

#2  The end game is simple. We come home. They remain barbarians. Only thing uncertain is when we come home.
Posted by: Gliper Glomosh7783   2018-02-10 06:48  

#1  Syria decided to try to start WWIII tonight.
The longer he lives the worse they will be.
Posted by: newc   2018-02-10 02:48  

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