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2023-07-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US troops conduct patrols in Syria’s Derbasiyah

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 Why the hell are we even supplying troops for this place and Somolia? We seem to have people who grew up during the last of WW11, Korea, Vietnam and Africa making past war decisions. No wonder our military is having recruiting problems. If anyone can explain this, please do!!!

Posted by Old Salty 2023-07-10 12:58|| 2023-07-10 12:58|| Front Page Top

#2 The Left has always considered troops either to be cannon fodder(draft) or mercenaries(volunteer). It starts to make sense. The only time the Left was pretty silent on that was after (the real) Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-07-10 15:41|| 2023-07-10 15:41|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 To find the genesis of the US involvement with Kurds and Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish), you have to go all the way back to the time that David Petraeus was the Kurdistan warlord.

Posted by Tarzan Grolump8219 2023-07-10 16:27|| 2023-07-10 16:27|| Front Page Top

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