With just a week left before his new departure date, Defense Secretary James Mattis has signed the official order to withdraw US troops from Syria. Mattis had opposed the withdrawal, and it is seen as a major reason for his resignation.
The withdrawal will see some 2,000 US troops removed from Syria, a plan
announced last week. It is believed that Turkey will be replacing the US
in that part of eastern Syria, though this will involve Turkey fighting
the Kurdish YPG.
Mattis followed the initial announcement up of his withdrawal with an
announced plan to resign by the end of February. With reports of him
criticizing Trump, he was subsequently ordered to leave at year’s end.
Trump has issued a further series of statements since then criticizing
Mattis, saying Mattis did not see a problem with the US subsidizing the
militaries of rich countries, or allowing them to “take total advantage of the US and our TAXPAYERS, on Trade.”
… OK, so far so good.
It’s about time Mattis signed the order to withdraw all US troops from Syria .. We don’t belong there, the Syrian gov’t under Bashar Assad never invited us in. He only invited Russia, Hezbollah, and Iranian advisers in to help rid the country of ISIS and other Jihadists .. The US, Turkey, UK and France were not invited; yet, they intervened anyway. The sooner all US troops leave Syria, the better.
… and when the last U.S. troops are safely out, I’ll believe it.
Trump never gets a break, but one is really needed here.
CIA/Mossad smiles.
This is 6 years and 300,000 deaths late.