US Central Command head Gen. Joseph Votel has reported that the US is likely just weeks away from beginning the military withdrawal of ground troops from Syria. He said exact timing was uncertain, and would depend on the situation on the ground.
Votel said that he believes the US is “right on track” with the plans,
and that the immediate focus is on pulling out equipment that US forces
will no longer need during the withdrawal process. He says moving the
people will be easier.
President Trump announced the withdrawal back in December, but has been
vague on the timing. Some officials have suggested the process is being
slowed, or even delayed outright, though comments from military
officials indicate that, barring any unforeseen problems, the pullout
could be done by the end of April.
An estimated 2,000 US troops are in Syria, though exact figures have not
been publicly available for some time. The troops are expected to be
relocated into neighboring Iraq, where the US has set up new bases on
the Syrian border.
Great news!!
Horseshit. They’re deploying fresh troops and building bases. The whole Afghan drawdown is also BS, they just deployed more people from my town. They lie like dogs.
Exactly.
https://twitter.com/M3t4_tr0n/status/1094303750473347072
I see, so the story also reads… US to deploy 3000 combat marines to Iraq.
Without asking or getting approval from the Iraq government.
A new law in Iraq is now under way to get rid of US bases and forces.
I wonder what the US will do when that law is passed? Leave? Doubt it.
the US will use every trick in their book not to leave…from bribe, threats, sanctions, plots, terror, assassinations…….just to name a few.
in the meantime we have send hundreds of truckloads of weapons, and equipment into Syria the last 3 weeks, we have build more bases, also more special forces have arrived.
our brave air force has also managed to kill scores of civilians the last few weeks.
Believe nothing until you see it with your own eyes. This whole thing smells weird to me. Too many conflicting narratives.
The. absurdity, lies and deceptions are the sign of timmes to come. People do not see the point in wars, mostly do mot believe in Russian threat or Chinese threat or Martian threat. But the crooked elites are doubling down on threats, ratcheting up stories, invented in the first place, with fresh lies and deceptions, re-news-ing anything they have already milked before, making it sound fresh. How can these people look at themselves into mirror, beats me.
I wonder, do these folks actually think they are intellingent? Or that “little” people are stupid?
Bottom line, they have nothing to fear, their money will be safeguarded, they have already been bailed out once, and the economy and people are paying for it. It will happen again, sobthis time they need us to pay differently — by major sacrifice of treasure and life. So wars are badly needed — but how? May be Latin America is the thing. Much easier target. Start with Venezuela.
“Votel said that he believes the US is “right on track” with the plans, and that the immediate focus is on pulling out equipment that US forces will no longer need during the withdrawal process. He says moving the people will be easier.”
Seems kind of ass backwards. You’d think you’d get as many human beings out of danger before you worry about the equipment. Especially the equipment that will no longer be needed while they are being withdrawn. And sending more troops to facilitate the withdrawal sounds equally stupid and unnecessary. I’m wondering if more troops will be sent in to facilitate the troops that were sent in to facilitate the withdrawal when it comes time for the troops that facilitated the withdrawal are ready to be withdrawn themselves. : )
“Seems kind of ass backwards. You’d think you’d get as many human beings out of danger before you worry about the equipment. Especially the equipment that will no longer be needed while they are being withdrawn.”
It’s not a matter of prioritization, it’s a matter of sequence.
You have combat troops with both essential and non-essential equipment. If you withdraw the combat troops before the non-essential equipment, there’s no force to protect the people moving the non-essential equipment.
The last things out are the combat troops with their small arms and personal items, with just enough vehicles left to carry them. Everything else that’s going goes first. The chow hall gets packed up and the troops live on the last cases of rations. The excess ammo and ordnance goes, with a minimal combat load for the heavy weapons, until that stuff goes too (after additional standoff air support, naval gunfire, whatever, is arranged to make up for it if necessary). The big GP tents get folded, stored, and sent away and the troops use their personal shelter halves or whatever else is available that they can carry or that isn’t leaving.
A military unit brings a LOT of stuff with it (or, if any area is secure, sends it in with an advance party before their arrival), and most of that stuff goes out before they do. Think about what you would need to take if you were going on a six-month trip and had to take everything you’d need, including enough food to cover at least part of that six months, with you. Then add in bringing your own shelter. And a rifle or pistol with lots of ammo. And whatever heavy weapon you are part of the crew for. Oh, and you’ll also be bringing your own post office, your own laundry, shower, and toilet facilities, probably a little store for you to shop in when you’re not on duty, and your own vehicle to get around in. Now multiply that times 120 for a rifle company, or 600-800 for an infantry battalion.
It’s easier when you’re not the first unit in or the last unit out. But it’s always complex and time -consuming, unless the situation is desperate enough that you just blow all your ammo and ordnance in place, leave anything you can’t personally carry, and hope a helicopter can get in to get you out. Which is not the situation here.
And here I should have known all of that being an infantryman back in the 70’s. Thankfully I never had to be withdrawn from anyplace bullets were flying or bombs were dropping. I would have wet myself.
I’m glad I never had to do it that way either. Infantry life seems to be about 98% tedium and 2% terror. In retrospect, I’ve have been fine with 100% tedium.
“withdrawn” is not accurate, unless one believes the line between Syria and Iraq means something to US militancy. What is occurring, if anything, is redeployment.
Spot on.
The area the US says it will withdraw from, is 100% controlled by the US and their puppets…the Kurds.