Yahoo News: Trump declares 'major breakthrough' in Syria, lifts sanctions on Turkey
President Trump on Wednesday announced “a major breakthrough” in Syria amid bipartisan anger over his decision to pull U.S. troops from the region, allowing a Turkish invasion that has displaced more than 100,000 of America's Kurdish allies.
He said he was suspending the economic sanctions imposed last week to punish Turkey for the invasion.
In a brief address from the White House, Trump said the administration was informed by Turkey that it would be stopping combat, and that a 120-hour temporary ceasefire, which ended Tuesday, would be made permanent.
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MIDDLE EAST
Trump says Turkey's ceasefire in northern Syria now permanent, sanctions lifted
Turkey Syria offensive: Trump orders Turkey sanctions to be lifted.
Turkey and Russia strike deal on Kurdish withdrawal and joint patrols in 'safe zone'.
Kremlin says U.S. betrayed Kurds in Syria, tells Kurds to withdraw or be mauled. Kremlin tells YPG to withdraw or 'be mauled' by Turkish army.
US troops will leave Iraq in 4 weeks: Iraqi defence minister.
Lebanon's former PM denies corruption charges.
Yemen 'could lose six million children' from malnutrition.
Top US delegation to attend Saudi summit next week: Reports.
Benny Gantz to be tasked with forming Israeli government.
Young Saudi prince with Western experience named foreign minister.
ASIA
North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Trump have 'special' relationship: KCNA.
China dismisses reports of replacing Hong Kong leader as 'political rumor'.
China invites Taliban, Afghan officials for two-day talks.
Taliban say new intra-Afghan peace talks to be held in China.
China hits out at US after delegates miss major space conference in Washington because of ‘weaponised’ visa system.
North Korean leader criticizes father's Mount Kumgang resort policy.
North Korean first lady makes first public appearance in 4 months.
Hong Kong man whose murder case sparked protests leaves prison as extradition bill formally withdrawn.
Sri Lanka parliament blames president for Easter attack lapses.
AFRICA
Leader of South Africa's main opposition party resigns.
Botswana votes as President Masisi faces surprising challenge.
Egypt accepts US invitation for meeting over Ethiopia dam dispute.
Ethiopia protesters burn Nobel winner Abiy Ahmed's book.
Mali president on the ropes as jihadist revolt mounts.
Vladimir Putin opens first ever Russia-Africa Summit.
Tunisia's new president sworn in after surprise election win.
Bouteflika-era figure makes Algeria presidential run.
EUROPE
EU keeps UK waiting on Brexit delay, Johnson gears for an election.
Ukrainian leader felt Trump pressure before taking office.
European lawmakers condemn Turkish operation in Syria.
Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn meeting fails to break Brexit deadlock.
Election rumours intensify after Johnson and Corbyn Brexit stalemate.
Catalonia protests: Separatists urge talks with Madrid.
Albanian police say Iranian 'terror cell' planned to attack exiles.
Essex lorry deaths: 39 bodies found in shipping container.
Floods in Southern Europe: Dead and missing in Spain and Italy.
AMERICAS
Chastened Trudeau to reach out to opponents after Canada election blow, rules out coalition.
GOP storms secure room, demands more access to impeachment inquiry proceedings.
McConnell introduces resolution urging Trump to rethink Syria decision.
Defense official arrives for testimony in Trump impeachment inquiry.
McConnell to Republicans: Defend Trump on process.
Biden lead over 2020 field widest since April: poll.
Bolivians riot as election hangs in balance.
Chile's president Pinera unveils social reforms to halt deadly protests.
Chile sees first major organized labor strikes since president pledged social reforms.
Brazil reforms pensions 'to boost economy'.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Islamic State’s TikTok posts include beheading videos.
NATO chief warns 'fight against IS is not over'.
Syrian Kurds struggle to contain Islamic State prisoners amid a Turkish offensive.
More than 100 Islamic State prisoners have escaped in Syria: US envoy.
New 9/11 exhibit stages hunt for Osama bin Laden.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Wall Street ticks higher, but chip stocks tumble.
Boeing expects 737 Max to fly again by New Year.
China trumpets tech power at 6th World Internet Conference, signalling a 'digital arms race'.
Google touts quantum computing milestone.
WeWork accepts multi-billion-dollar rescue deal from SoftBank, Adam Neumann stays on as advisor.
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So once again the Democrats are caught in a lie.
Biden Apologizes For Calling Clinton Impeachment a 'Partisan Lynching' 21 Years Ago
The Democrats don't care. They think if they can make enough of stink by casting aspersions that they will get elected in greater numbers until rule like the jackbooted fascists that they are.
They just have too fool enough people enough of the time. The truth does not matter.
IF it were me debating Biden, I would make sure Joe stroked out and had to be rushed to the ER by continually flustering him and getting under his skin.
Joe is not all there anymore.
And the Democrats are trying to fool even more people long enough to get elected.
NYT Stealth-Edits Story To Hide Hillary's Accusation Russia Is "Grooming" Gabbard
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nyt-stealth-edits-story-hide-hillarys-accusation-russia-grooming-gabbard
https://summit.news/2019/10/23/nyt-edits-story-to-hide-hillarys-accusation-russia-is-grooming-tulsi-gabbard/
'Who gives a s--t about Afghanistan?': Trump stunned officials with his comments during a military briefing, former aide says
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Senate GOP blocks three election security bills for second day
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NYC Bar Association: If AG Barr Doesn’t Recuse Himself From Ukraine Matter, He Should Resign or Be Removed
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Support for Trump impeachment rises as 59% say he pursued personal interests in Ukraine, poll finds
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Battleground: 7 in 10 say US ‘on the edge of civil war’ Find
15 minutes ago
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch AOC ask Mark Zuckerberg if she can run fake Facebook ads, too Find
20 minutes ago
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Delegation Visits Greenland Find
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
House Democrats pass election security bill amid impeachment Find
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Pedro Regalado / Washington Post:
The Rudy Giuliani of today is just the same old Rudy Find
Ukrainian President and advisers discussed pressure from Trump weeks before taking office -
Omar knocks Republicans for appearing to bring phones into highly-classified SCIF room | TheHill
Bill Taylor's Testimony Deals Trump a Crushing Impeachment Blow - Bloomberg
Donald Trump describes Republican critics as 'human scum'
New York Bar Association orders Bill Barr to recuse himself from the Ukraine issue.
Personally I think he should have been actually disbarred long ago.
https://politizoom.com/2019/10/23/ny-state-bar-a-g-barr-must-recuse-himself-from-ukraine-matter/
Most association are liberal.
It is because more professional are working stiffs, who do not have time for activism, while the libs move in and take over every organization.'
So the New York Bar Association says x and ????
If the Association says X, you probably should do the opposite of X.
There is a circle in Hell for libs that do that in Dante's Hell.
Iran Is Winning the Battle for the Middle East’s Future
White House Threatens to Veto Bill Requiring Campaigns to Report ‘Illicit Offers’ From Foreign Governments
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More Than 200 Women Say Trump Molested Them
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Seth Meyers mocks Republicans over impeachment inquiry hearing stunt: "It looks like a protest at a pharmacy that ran out of viagra"
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US air quality dropped during Trump presidency after years of improvement, leading to thousands of premature deaths
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'Who gives a SHIT about Afghanistan?': Trump stunned officials with his comments during a military briefing, former aide says
Trump asked a question. What kind of answers can a mere headline reader, who has the the brainpower of gnat larvae give?
1) Many revolutions or insurgencies have foreign support. Who is supporting the Taliban?
The Pakistanis, the Iranians, private Gulf State charities and who knows who else.
The Pakistanis are arguably the largest supporters of the Taliban. They created the Taliban.
How can we win when the Taliban have state support and that state gives them intel, training, funds and safe refuge?
Double Game: Why Pakistan Supports Militants and Resists U.S. Pressure to Stop - CATO
Why Pakistan supports terrorist groups, and why the US finds it so hard to induce change
- Brookings
WNU mentioned that a possible way to apply pressure, severe pressure on the Pakistan government without spending money or using physical force. was to not process any visas for Pakistani business people or students.
Until we try that anyone bitching about Trump on Afghanistan is doing just that. Just bitching.
2) "America's longest war, the conflict in Afghanistan, has cost $975 billion when 2019 estimates are factored in according to website The Balance. " - Forbes
We are adding a trillion (5%) to our debt. Why? We are not losing, but we are not winning. It seems as though too many Afghans will not fight for their own country, so why should we? Afghan soldiers come to the US and go AWOL. Afghans migrate to Europe attack people and rape women. What good is Afghanistan?
3) We stay there and it creates viral load of liberal shit. Left-liberal _________(fill in the blank with a string of expletives; Liberals have earned it) accuse the US of WIC, stealing Afghan minerals (the latest chic fad among idiot liberals).
If we are out of Afghanistan maybe a corporation like OSHKOSH does not get as much money to build armored vehicles decreasing WIC.
If we are in Afghanistan we need MRAPs unless the liberals want to put soldiers in clown care (We know they do).
www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/double-game-why-pakistan-supports-militants-resists-us-pressure-stop
www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/01/05/why-pakistan-supports-terrorist-groups-and-why-the-us-finds-it-so-hard-to-induce-change/
www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/09/12/the-annual-cost-of-the-war-in-afghanistan-since-2001-infographic/#5728abee1971
Trump is right!
MAGA!
The Lapid response will be to post a bunch of links or headlkines that panting parrot did not read past the headlines.
Panting parrot is a dim 60 watt bulb 80 years past his prime, who never ever got past 15 watts.
“We obviously had troops there for a mission and that mission was defeating ISIS,” Ambassador James Jeffrey told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “So if you remove those troops before that mission is complete, then you have a problem. And we do have a problem right now.”
Jeffrey added that the Turkish invasion “has scrambled the entire northeast, undercut our efforts against ISIS and brought in the Russians and Syrian regime forces in a way that’s really tragic for everyone involved.”
If the AG Is Involved in a Foreign Influence Operation, Does He Have to Register with Himself? | emptywheel
"“We obviously had troops there for a mission and that mission was defeating ISIS,” Ambassador James Jeffrey told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “So if you remove those troops before that mission is complete, then you have a problem. And we do have a problem right now.”
Doubly so given the responsibility for creating ISIS.
There the liar Huntley goes. He is lying again.
ISIS is a spin-off of Al Qaeda. AL Qaeda was created by Osama bin Laden.
"The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11"
What else but lies can you expect from a 屎 like Bob Huntley.
https://www.amazon.com/Looming-Tower-Al-Qaeda-Road-11/dp/1400030846
ISIS was born out of the criminal U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
When U.S. administrators, under Paul Bremer, decided to "de-Baathify" the Iraqi civil and military services, hundreds of thousands of Sunnis formerly loyal to Saddam Hussein were left without jobs, and they were mad.
Al Qaeda chose to capitalize on their anger and established al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) to wage an insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq.
Many of their Iraqi members were imprisoned in U.S.-run "Camp Bucca," where they were able to meet up and radicalize, hence ISIS.
Would there be an ISIS if Bush hadn't ordered the Iraq II criminal invasion? Probably not, hence the US is directly responsible for ISIS
Bob you are stupid as always.
AQI was founded in 1999. That is 4 years before the invasion.
De-Baathification was following SOP. Following WW2 we had de-NAZIficaiton. We had a precedent and we used it. If your grandfather wa in Germany following WW2, he probably helped carry out De-NAZIfication.
Iraq lost Gulf War I. Gulf War I was an illegal war that Iraq lost.
Iraq then signed an armistice, which it broke giving justification for an invasion.
Disoriented BS that in no way disputes what I said and Iraq II was not legal. The US remains responsible for ISIS.
BOB Huntley could not dispute any point. Poor benighted blighter probably could not name the 1st leader of AQI.
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