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Completely gone by early next year! Wow. Almost seems unbelievable...O'Brien takes indirect shot at Milley over Afghanistan drawdown
The remarks were the latest in an unusually public back-and-forth between two senior advisers to the president on the issue.www.politico.com
Completely gone by early next year! Wow. Almost seems unbelievable...
I guess we'll see. If there's one thing Trump has been consistent at it has been reducing overseas troop counts. Can't hurt to hope. Glad I'm not a soldier who has to make any plans based off of this.The Latin term for the situation is "Et tunc primum ire in domum suam, annuntiamus victoria." >>"First declare victory and then go home."<<
It is sometimes accompanied by "Pecuniam mutuo velis purgat nos nuntius de terra?" >>"Would you like to borrow the money to pay for cleaning up the mess we made out of your country?"<<
Cool. Good news. Sucks they couldn't all be brought home. Hopefully one more step closer to promoting self determination in the middle east.
Except that he has not brought any troops home.I guess we'll see. If there's one thing Trump has been consistent at it has been reducing overseas troop counts. Can't hurt to hope. Glad I'm not a soldier who has to make any plans based off of this.
Trump fans don't actually care about the real results. They only care about what Donny two scoops tells them.Except that he has not brought any troops home.
Oh. I was promised he had abandoned the Kurds in Syria by bringing troops home. I must have been misled. Perhaps he is much more like his predecessor in refusing to bring troops home when promised, despite both of their blustering. Probably the case, as you pointed out. I'm just a hopeless optimist on some points.Except that he has not brought any troops home.
Oh. I was promised he had abandoned the Kurds in Syria by bringing troops home. I must have been misled. Perhaps he is much more like his predecessor in refusing to bring troops home when promised, despite both of their blustering. Probably the case, as you pointed out. I'm just a hopeless optimist on some points.
You may wish to alert the New York Times.
The United States is cutting troop levels in Iraq nearly in half, to 3,000 forces, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said
Of course, this is the NYT, and could be pure speculation, for what it's worth.
He moved them out of Syria, but not to home. Yes, he abandoned our allies there. What a guy.....Oh. I was promised he had abandoned the Kurds in Syria by bringing troops home. I must have been misled. Perhaps he is much more like his predecessor in refusing to bring troops home when promised, despite both of their blustering. Probably the case, as you pointed out. I'm just a hopeless optimist on some points.
You may wish to alert the New York Times.
The United States is cutting troop levels in Iraq nearly in half, to 3,000 forces, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said
Of course, this is the NYT, and could be pure speculation, for what it's worth.
Reducing tension in the ME is a tough thing to achieve. So many competing factions. If the Iranians are satisfied perhaps they will not feel the need to produce nuclear weapons. Maybe they will anyway. Worth a shot I guess.I am sure that the Iranians are quite pleased at the reduction in tension in the Middle East.
The troops pulled from Syria were not brought back to the US and in fact some have already returned to Syria. Have heard the talk of troops being brought home before, and I will gladly believe it when it actually happens.Oh. I was promised he had abandoned the Kurds in Syria by bringing troops home. I must have been misled. Perhaps he is much more like his predecessor in refusing to bring troops home when promised, despite both of their blustering. Probably the case, as you pointed out. I'm just a hopeless optimist on some points.
You may wish to alert the New York Times.
The United States is cutting troop levels in Iraq nearly in half, to 3,000 forces, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said
Of course, this is the NYT, and could be pure speculation, for what it's worth.
To be fair, the Kurds we were supporting were terrorists, and were abandoned when the benefits of supporting them outweighed the negatives of their civilian attacks. Kinda like the Taliban in the 80s. But they're back in favor again. Odd how those things work sometimes.He moved them out of Syria, but not to home. Yes, he abandoned our allies there. What a guy.....
From your lips to allahs funny shaped ears.The troops pulled from Syria were not brought back to the US and in fact some have already returned to Syria. Have heard the talk of troops being brought home before, and I will gladly believe it when it actually happens.
Picking winners and losers is the definition of colonization. Removing the US from the equation in the middle east allows for regional self determination.How exactly is abandoning an ally “promoting self determination“?
Picking winners and losers is the definition of colonization. Removing the US from the equation in the middle east allows for regional self determination.
To be fair, the Kurds we were supporting were terrorists, and were abandoned when the benefits of supporting them outweighed the negatives of their civilian attacks. Kinda like the Taliban in the 80s. But they're back in favor again. Odd how those things work sometimes.
The United States has sided with terrorism as often as fought against it. Case in point, at the moment we are sided with the Taliban and the Kurds against the governments of their nations. Which one is "the people"?What? How the hell is helping the people of Afghanistan(or Iraq, for that matter) fight off psychotic terrorist groups like ISIS or the Taliban “colonialism” in any way, shape or form?
Well there ya go. Thank you for the correction.Taliban didn’t exist in the 1980s. The Mujahideen did, but they and the Taliban were and are not the same group. Ahmad Shah Massoud, the top anti Taliban resistance fighter assassinated tso days before 9/11? A member of the Mujahideen.
The United States has sided with terrorism as often as fought against it. Case in point, at the moment we are sided with the Taliban and the Kurds against the governments of their nations. Which one is "the people"?
He moved them out of Syria, but not to home. Yes, he abandoned our allies there. What a guy.....
Picking winners and losers is the definition of colonization. Removing the US from the equation in the middle east allows for regional self determination.
What? How the hell is helping the people of Afghanistan(or Iraq, for that matter) fight off psychotic terrorist groups like ISIS or the Taliban “colonialism” in any way, shape or form?
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