The Syrian Foreign Ministry has responded negatively to the US pledge to create a new “border” force in northern Syria of some 30,000 US-backed fighters, saying not only are they violating Syrian sovereignty, but the Syrian Army’s goal must be to end the US presence in the country outright.
Syria has long opposed the US military presence in the country, which was deployed without Syrian permission, and which Pentagon officials say will last long after the outright defeat of ISIS.
Whether the Syrians can do anything about it is another matter. The US presence in Syria is substantial, and backed by a large, heavily-armed Kurdish force. Despite the US deployment being plainly illegal, there’s no practical way to remove them by force.
It’s curious that the Syrian state media made it clear the position was that of the military, as made by the foreign ministry, suggesting the two ministries may not necessarily be on the same page with rhetoric about the US presence.
“Despite the US deployment being plainly illegal, there’s no practical way to remove them by force.”
Believe me there is. Ever heard of the barrack bombings in Lebanon in 1982 that killed 300 US marines and ended US’s precense there? US’s occupation in Syria is landlocked and surrounded by hostile countries and forces. Syria to the south, Turkey to the west and the Iran & Syria allied Iraq to the east, not to mention Arab tribes which constitute the majority and some Kurds allied with Damascus from within.
Whatever US tries to bring in (or out) will have too be negotiated with these countries and the airspace could easily be blocked too at some point which will leave the US even more exposed. The same forces that brought US the Lebanon incident and thousands of battle hardened militias from Syria, Iraq and Iran are ready and itching to do it again.
What lead the infighting US to corner and expose themselves in this stupid and short sighted way is of course spelled Israel and sheer arrogance…..
Barracks bombings would get an entirely different response today as compared to 1982. It would be rampage time.
Don’t ever believe America is in a corner we’ve got assets that would make any nation think twice before they acted believe me there’s a reason no American jet has been down in Syria and if Assad values the luxury of being allowed to survive he knows what the Russians know it’s impossible to defeat America and escape with anything to show for it. As for the people giving Turkey a pass on this site aren’t they to invading a sovereign nation but, hey they’re not supporting America right now so it doesn’t matter. Hypocrites.
Russia is Syria’s ally. Syria is a sovereign country. The Russians are welcomed and the Americans are not. The Americans should leave.
America is Ukraine’s ally. Ukraine is a sovereign nation. The Americans are welcomed and the Russians are not. The Russians should stop there hybrid warfare and leave.
The Americans can leave all parts of Syria where there are no ethnic Americans to protect and the Russians can leave all parts of Ukraine that doesn’t have a majority of ethnic Russians to protect.
In order to leave, they would first have to be there.
“the Russians know it’s impossible to defeat America and escape with anything to show for it”
Do the words “Korea” and “Vietnam” ring any bells?
well there is always the UN, See if you can get Britain and France to vote against the US. Probably get a US veto but good theater
Turkey holds the key, but a NATO rebuttal to the US would be nice.
Take them to the US Supreme Court. We signed the UN treaty that makes this illegal so surely the SC would rule accordingly. Its easier than fighting the US. Hell, every US soldier should refuse to fight illegally. This is going to make it impossible for US citizens to support our gov`t in case of conflict.
The US soldiers in Syria are enemy combatants and not protected by Geneva
convention. They are war criminals
The US soldiers have been war criminals for decades. The phrase has no meaning without enforcement.
Turkey is not to happy about the 30000 man force on its border with Syria, Kurds and all.
The USA is not better than NaziGermany. Both killed Millions in llegal aggression wars and occupied countries without any legitimation.
The NAZI-Empire was eventually defeated. So will the US one day?
The USA is there on behest of Israel, that is for sure.
Syria can talk the talk but, walking the walk entirely different thing.
Removing the American troops simply requires Netanyahu to order the American President to do so. He won’t however because dividing and destabilizing Syria has been the Israeli plan for many years. It took allot of campaign contributions to move that many American troops and guns.
So where do you find 30000 stupid army foot sloggers?? >>The US of course, it is after all the world biggest insane asylum! Then again the poor buggers have no choice but to sign up as there are hardly any real jobs in Yankee land these days!
As the US becomes more dependent upon air carriers for logistical support they become more vulnerable to manpads. If Russia distributes these little gems the US will find themselves in the same situation the Russians experienced in Afghanistan. Sauce for the goose…
If America provides the rebels with SAMS they can replicate what they did to them in Afghanistan. Food for thought.
True.
But of course that goes in both directions.
syria needs to attack and keep attacking us mercenaries.
most likely the 30,000 figure is nothing but disinformation . UK earlier acknowledged that the FSA didn’t have more than few hundreds and one time America was saying may be 30 or 10 trained person ( trained at a cost of million dollars ) instead of 5000 that they were hoping for were actively deployed as FSA or something . America couldn’t train Afghanistan fighters and that training has been going on for 17 yrs . Question is why disinformation ?