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Lee Smith, The Federalist: 10 Questions To Ask About Trump’s Removal Of Troops From Syria
Trump’s critics appear to believe that backing a Marxist splinter group aligned with the anti-American, pro-Iranian axis in its war against a NATO ally is sound policy.
The U.S. foreign policy establishment has gone into meltdown mode since President Trump announced last week a withdrawal of several dozen troops from a corridor in northern Syria. American forces had been there since 2014, joined with a Kurdish splinter group to fight the notorious Sunni Arab terrorist organization, the Islamic State (ISIS).
Trump made his decision after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but it was a long time coming. The Turks have been critical of U.S. support for an armed Kurdish organization they have considered the country’s most serious national security threat for five years. Trump’s move then should be seen in the context of his efforts to undo Obama administration policies, particularly its initiative to tilt away from traditional U.S. allies, like Turkey, and toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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WNU Editor: The main stream media, pundits and policy experts, and Washington's political are overwhelming critical of President Trump's Syrian-Kurd policy and strategy. But are they right? The above analysis is a contrarian point of view.
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What is the policy this week?
Good choice, Boss.
It's hard to accept that there are so many sites that have ignored the situations that this writer points out. If there have been attempts to enlighten they do not appear to have been influential judging by the flak DJT is now experiencing over his realignment of US forces in Syria from America's "leaders" who should be educated by now on the complexities of the Syrian situation and all the complexities that are involved. After all this started in 2011 with the Arab Spring, did it not?
Turkey certainly does have an unwanted situation on it's hands considering it's Syrian refugees number in the millions, according to the press. That's no small burden. The efforts of some of the Kurd factions, there appear to be more than a couple, to gain a homeland by attacks on Turkey give Erdogan's moves clarity.
Iraq has now said it does not want US forces in it's country. Obama left and the Iraqis in the form of Maliki blew it. I hope we don't feel the need to bail them out this time. Once burned, twice learned.
DJT doesn't appear to be swayed by a muz-lum bias in his decisions. Good for this. There is no winning until peoples in this region rise above theirselves.
This article was quite enlightening. Thanks for your posting of it.
Turkey and the Armenian genocide...screw them
We betrayed the Kurds and Iran and Russia now all over Syria
and you call this strategy? why is it our military leaders are so pissed?
I don't think Trump understands how oil markets work. You get the oil? Huh?
But it's cool the US will station tanks in Syria until time stops.
Four-star US army general compares Trump to Mussolini after ‘watershed moment’ for America
'No room for humorous media coverage. This is deadly serious. This is Mussolini'
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2019/october/25/lindsey-graham-steal-syrias-oil-to-pay-for-us-occupation/
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