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| SDF: 400 US forces 'insufficient' to fulfill anti-ISIS mission | |
| 2019-03-31 | |
...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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS), implored the Syrian Democratic Force's top commander Mazloum Kobane. "The 400 figure is certainly insufficient for the coalition to fulfill its mission here. We told them so. I believe the Pentagon shares our view on this," Kobane said in an interview with Al Monitor published on Saturday. "They need to increase the numbers..." US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... announced in December all 2,000 US forces would withdraw from Syria, but he backed away from that last month agreeing to keep 400 troops. The SDF declared the ’total elimination’ of the ISIS caliphate on March 23 and Trump a few days before, but analysts have predicted the holy warrior group will revert to suicide and hit-and-run attacks. Trump has encouraged regional and international actors in the coalition to play a larger role in northeast Syria; however, those efforts have so far been in vain. "That is true," said Kobane. He reiterated that a US pullout will be premature. "Yes, sustaining our relationship with the Americans is to our benefit and that of the people [of Syria]," he said. Kobane acknowledged in the interview that under former US Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, the SDF was told to deal with Damascus. But following McGurk's resignation in December and being replaced by James Jeffries, they are told not to deal with the regime. "Indeed, that is their current policy. That’s what American diplomats tell us," he said. "They do not view talks with the regime as a priority and want us to not rush." Throughout the interview, Kobane reiterated that they do not seek conflict with neighboring ...the most dubious NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... ally.... "But we are ultimately part of Syria. We do not wish to separate from Syria. If there is to be a lasting solution for this region it needs to be with Damascus. Negotiations with the regime are inevitable. And these need to happen," he said. The SDF would ultimately like to retake the Rojava Canton of Afrin in northwest Syria, but that seems increasingly impossible with a US force drawdown to the east. "Turkey failed to get the green light from anybody to intervene here [in Manbij] so far and will fail to do so in the future. But as I told you earlier, we are not in favor of any war with Turkey," added Kobane. The SDF say they have lost 11,000 of its units in the conflict in Syria. "After eight years of war in Syria, we want peace," he said. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Count the 'on call' air support and the log tail that includes. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-03-31 15:53 |
| #1 Stooge parrots what he was told to say. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-03-31 14:52 |