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2025-06-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US to scale down its military bases in Syria as part of policy shift, envoy says

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-04 2025-06-04 00:39|| || Front Page|| [75 views ] Top

#1 Al-Nusra, the Syrian Al-Qaeda franchise is ALLIED with the US deep state.
There is tape of them launching US-made Javelin missiles against Syrian tanks.
Allah-Ackbaring all the way.
Tell me again how US troops are there to fight them.

Posted by Elmomoter Mussolini9149 2025-06-04 05:41|| 2025-06-04 05:41|| Front Page Top

#2 "Everyone needs to be reasonable in their expectations," he said.

Twenty years in Afghanistan has apparently taught us to embrace failure.

“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-04 05:49|| 2025-06-04 05:49|| Front Page Top

#3 There is tape[?] of them launching US-made Javelin missiles against Syrian tanks.

Where?

The Art of Regime Change – Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Russia

Russia is making a fragile pivot from Syria to Libya. The West should beware falling into a new trap.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-04 08:54|| 2025-06-04 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Assad is gone and the partition of Syria is complete. Those were the stated goals in all the White Papers I read on the matter.

Regarding Skid's remark about Russia in Libya - Haftar has been doing a commendable job of being a regional African Warlord vs the EU and Turkey + Western Deep State, but man - if Russia could start arming and providing telemetry and logistics, Haftar might get a leg up in the conflict and drive the EU out and burn all the slave markets to the ground. Fan fiction maybe.

Posted by mossomo 2025-06-04 13:23|| 2025-06-04 13:23|| Front Page Top

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