Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon announced on Tuesday that the US intends, as a matter of policy, to keep ground troops in Syria “as long as necessary,” irrespective of the fact that ISIS, the group they were initially deployed to fight, has almost no territory left in the country.
Pahon says US troops are going to stay to “support our partners and prevent the return of terrorist groups,” both goals which, one must note, are absolutely open-ended, and unlikely to ever be declared “accomplished.”
Though the Pentagon had long been very public about the fact that their deployment to Iraq was a permanent one, the war in Syria is different, in no small part because the Syrian government never authorized US troops to deploy there, and isn’t supporting the idea of them staying.
Instead of making it lawful, US officials are playing up the idea that a “new ISIS” could emerge at any moment, rising as if magic from the desert sands, and the US wants to have troops deployed in such areas just in case.
So have we declared war on Syria? Where is the UN on this? Did I miss the debate in Congress?
What’s the point of debate? 99% of Congress would approve of illegal war, occupation and theft of land & resources.
But it would be fun to watch them stammer are over themselves on why they would approve.
The UN, The IMF, The ICC & now even The IOC are all western lapdogs. No objectivity or independence whatsoever. They all need to be trashed to the sewage pit.
We knew that all along. Just bite off a hunk of a small nation & call it ours.
“support our partners” That’s funny.
U.S. troops are staying in Syria to menace Assad and Putin.
The USA can be anywhere, kill anyone, take over any government, whinge about pretend events that allegedly stopped a terrible candidate from becoming POTUS because no decent candidate was found, even interfere pathetically to stop international sporting events from having “enemies” of the Big Brother allowed to compete. Calling that lumbering police/milit
So much for having a word, honor, dignity.
And enough blaming Trump. At least now we KNOW what was suspected ever since Hillary was appointed to run Obama’s foreign policy — the ONLY policy that matters to neocons. Health care? Yawn. Economy? Yawn, yawn. Infrastructure? Yawn, yawn, yawn, yawn and some more yawn.
The only thing is — Obama submitted himself to his fate, learned how to talk neoconese, and be mindfull of their thought police. After all, he was a lawyer, trained to represent ideas not necessarily his own.
Trump is not trainable, and they know it. He lashes out occassionally, making grotesque statements, hoping this will make them pretend to be shocked. But no true neocon — democrat or republican — nowdays flinches when Trump threatenes nuclear annihilation. Neocons are adjustable — and their press is nimble — now all they do is NEVER CRITICIZE IDEA OF WAR, just write it off on crazy Trump. As if they are powerless! Dies nit oass strsight face test.
But the real masters are still executing Hillary’s plan in Syria that called for arming Kurds. Now they are playing games — to Turkey, we no linger arm Kurds! We ONLY plan to stay and help our “partners” write constitution and occupy territory that belongs to Syrian Arabs, and Kurds do not live there. Kurds are going to be KIND to them, force them into being “federal unit” with Kurds. Make them learn Kurdish, something already in the curriculum in Raqqa. Uncle Sam is AGAIN in nnation building — a new Kosovo, where after more then a decade we still prop up the “state” financially. European EULEX set up to teach them how to establish rule of law, ran in fear from that place once they started getting messages describing location of their homes, kids schools, and other details of their lives. But we still have base Bondstil there, by all accounts will be permanent. We, under KFOR guard 24/7 all Serbian churches monasteries and their posessions. All Albanians have to do is burn down all unprotected religious object, burn and rob homes, kill — and we cannot ever leave. Instant economy. Kisivars may have wanted a state, but are not capable if running ine. We should hav never meddled. Now,?remedies may not be easy. This is a successful midel
if staying for ever is ibjective. Just like Albanians, Kurds are minorities in many countries, and are looking for a patron to give them protection — while they spit in the faces of neighbors. Tried and proven formula for destabilizing region. Just ask Turkey. Anytime Turkey would put a foot out of the apprived behavuor plan, Kurds will strike at a few police stations, ambush an jnsuspecting military convoy. Neocon dream is to have one of these in Syria, affecting and undermining region for years to come.
But the confusion still reigns — the other day Kurds asked Russian suoport dealing with ISIS location. YPG says they will withdraw to their areas. US is clearly speaking with multiple toungues. Dunford needed to be tamed — the only voice for withdrawal. He must be by now. Trump voters, like all others , think president makes decisions. For voters to do task is to print Trump’s foreign policy strategu, and advocate it — to make neocons mad. This is their ONLY WEAKNESS. And by reciting Trump goals — let them know we are up to their tricks. Trump guardians are in the meantime creating reality shows to divert attention. First monuments — and when that started to get out of control, then sex abuse scandals. Of course, this does not apply to Bill Clinton.
We the public are still not smart enough to deal with diversions, or to grasp that foreign policy, push for globalized world in which corporations and money can roam like giant predators. They are already turning the globe into feudal and fuedung tribes by destroying state institutions that protect people by HAVING voice in their countries. We are to blame for being trusting — simething elites equate with stupidity. We are stupid by not grasping that we need to be Americans First — dealing with the top issues in national (state or local) agenda — the isdues that are critical fir all our welbeing. This has nothingvto do with partusan politics, gender, race, religion, income and wealth. Endless wars, destruction of sivereign states under ton of pretext. Endless occupations via military stationing around the world. Endless picking on some people, nations or religions, their “universal” human rights – endless crap by endless crap-producing intellectual whores.
And we are buying it all. We are always assuming that the stinking elitesb that plays with our mind and create cignituve dissonance — knows better and we defer to them on ikey ussue they care for — permanent warfare abroad, and permanent crisis driven revolution domestically. The way to hurt them — not the country — is to pull all military from various assugnments home. Fill up our own bases, vacant commercial space — any available space, and instantly save in all the ligustics and supply all around the globe — and have their income support our economy, not the dconomy of some nitwits we installed into power. They will fall? Let them.
Societies adjust, and become self-sustaining without our propping of their economies. Second — solve oroblems, do not create them. North Korea? South Korea is telling us — no war please, we should decide. On deaf neicon ears. North Korea wants the written dicument to END Kirean war. It never ended. But we want in exchsnge total capitulation, control of their finances and military. After Bill Clinton lied to them — they decided to arm, and eat grass. Is there a better way? Sure, million ways. Not for neocins. Always looking for delicious new ways to get their teeth into another chunk of globe — and destroy few other countries!
What is with Ronghya? When Ronghya stops atracking like about few dozen police stations at a time, this would not be a global problem. They would not do it — but for the rewards militants get from us. Why Ronghya? Location of future infrastructure between Myanmar and China, to benefit them both. But it cannot be! Glibalists do not care if people of Myanmar ir Chuna have something to eat. Frankly they do not care for American euther. Real economy is for lisers. If oeople are deprived real economy, including infrastructure, they will be coming with outstretched hands to financial miguls — and work to pay off debts fir generations, and having nothing left to invest in their future.
This already applues to us. Only, we were cinvinced that we need military, and for this we are in debt. Our “fed” is collection of private interests. Wait till bills come due. One day they will not be willing to refinance. Like the mountain of debt accumulated in fracking operations that will never be liquid. We never learn.
You let someone manage your money — they set the rules. How did a wealthy Russian empire fall so completely and utterly, and for decades population was chained by ideology?
The answer is — do not read Lenin. The answer is in Trotsky dictrine, a practucal “how to”, where ideoligy is the key — but it matters not which one. For as ling as you can get a society to agree to destroy elites that were dedicated to national survival (patriotic) , destroy anything spiritual (religion) and family. Instead of family, induvidual “free” from ties to spiritual values and felliw human beings within a common home, a nation — becomes dedicated to the fantasy of “future”, with them being SURE fountain of that knowledge. Good luck to us — lead into the bright global future .
It’s time for Congress to step up and vote…
“Pentagon: US Troops to Remain in Syria.”
Surrounded by countries refusing a supply line? Good luck Pentagon.