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| ‘Very small number' of troops pulled from Syria-Turkey border: US official |
| 2019-10-08 |
| [Times of Israel] The United States has pulled back a "very small number" of troops from areas of northern Syria along the Turkish border, a senior State Department official says, after US President Donald Trump seemed to indicate a wider retreat. The pullback only concerns "two very small detachments" ‐ meaning less than 25 people in total ‐ that have been moved a "very short distance," the official says. The announcement of the redeployment was interpreted as an American green light for a Turkish military operation against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria. But the State Department official insists that Trump had clearly told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the US did not endorse any such operation ‐ a message also conveyed by the Pentagon. "We think this operation is a very bad idea. We do not think this operation will provide more security," the official says. He says that, beyond the small pullback of troops, "there’s no change to our military posture in the northeast." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Trump ran on a message of getting the U.S. out of endless wars. Voters seemed to respond to this message. The DS, defense industry lobbyists, neocons, globalists were not so enthused about the outcome. They thought HildaB was going to win. Chaos can be profitable. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-10-08 11:26 |
| #6 ..or its all Kabuki theater design to undermine 'someone'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-10-08 08:45 |
| #5 and the Fobbits get 3 hots, a cot and showers. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-10-08 08:44 |
| #4 Ditto that Mr. B. Group Hug. On second thought upon proper discernment. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-10-08 07:19 |
| #3 Orange Man makes previously planned troop reduction/re-deployment announcement which follows his policy of global disengagment. Klingon's, media, Lindsey Graham, and leftest everywhere immediately label it genocidal betrayal. Orange Man's strategy cell regroups, orchestrates next defense and media blitz against bogus Deep State whistleblower attacks. Orange Man, Mike Pompeo, and Kellyanne Conway all do group hug. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-08 05:50 |
| #2 Sounded odd from the start,trial balloon. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-10-08 02:09 |
| #1 HA, CYA. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-10-08 02:07 |