During his visit to Israel, National Security Adviser John Bolton was openly contradicting President Trump on the withdrawal from Syria, and suggested that there would be no withdrawal at all until multiple conditions were met.
Bolton said that pockets of ISIS are undefeated and that the US would
have to wipe those out before a pullout. He further said that there must
be guarantees of safety for the Kurds, as well as for Israel.
On top of this, another unnamed “senior” official said that US troops might stay in al-Tanf,
in southeastern Syria, even after the pullout. This official suggested
that the US would consult with Jordan and Israel before doing anything.
All of this stands in contrast to very explicit Trump positions assuring
that the battle is won, that Israel would be fine, and that the US has
no interest in staying in Syria. Whether Bolton’s statement marks
another shift in policy remains to be seen.
It may well be that this statement is intended to be vague reassurance
to Israel, where officials were upset by the US pullout. Since the whole
process has slowed down and exact details aren’t clear, anything that
provides reassurance can probably be justified after the fact, whether
true or not.
Phooey on Bolton! Fire him too!
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Trump must fire Bolton or his credibility even with his own base is discredited.
he won’t, and his base doesn’t care.
We could always start a rumor that Bolton has undocumented South American lineage………
Bolton has impossible expectations such as safety for the Kurds and Israel . Turkey America’s NATO partner doesn’t want peace or safety for the Kurds . While almost every body in the Mid east would love to see Israel destroyed . So with what Bolton says he wants .We will be in Syria forever .
However, we won’t be in Syria forever, as much as Bonkers Bolton wants us to be. The vast majority of US citizens are sick and tired of all the unending wars of aggression in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and other countries around the world.
It was Cheney and his puppet, Bush Jr. who instigated the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it was Obozo who escalated the war in those 2 countries, attacked Libya and set Jihadists upon Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhaffi and brutally tortured/murdered him, and instigated the war in Syria.
Trump, on the other hand, greatly reduced the number of US troops in Iraq to 7,000 and 14,000 in Afghanistan. He’s called for the total pullout of 2,000 US troops in Syria, and eventually disengage from the ME and Afghanistan totally.
I just read Gaddafi might take over Libya again . Gaddafi son dr Gaddafi has been released from prison and is being protected by some Libyan war lords . I know the United States wishes to select the leaders of all foreign countries . Evidently the Libyan people did not believe the lies that their very generous dictator Gaddafi wanted to kill his own people . Because I very much doubt the son of such a killer would be the most popular candidate for the president of Libya now . We should not try to prevent Gaddafi from taking power again . His father had earned the love and trust of the majority of the Libyan people .
What goals? — probably one of these goals is a bayonet up Assads’s butt (ala Libya style).
Come on, Richard. It takes time for CIA/Mossad to covertly move ISIS jihadies to Afghanistan where the Taliban say they taste like chicken.
Hi Thomas. I hope your answer isn’t ironic, I wish to read more about Isis’s role as usa proxy in the taliban war.
The Sirte-Shish-Kabob is what they call it in the club scene err… …ahemm!.. At least that’s what I’ve heard… You know, friend of a friend…
Kriegsfuhrer Trümpf has been rather vague lately on his promise to leave and Bolton’s and Pompass’s ‘tour de assurance’ to Nut’nYahoo aka Benny Mileikowski in occupied Palestine suggest that Ziocons remain firmly in control regardless of what flip flop Twitter.
US’s raison d’être to occupy eastern Syria, Isis, has been nurtured, protected and armed precisely for that purpose and they are strategically placed between US occupation troops and the SAA on the other side of the river. Occasionally sent out on terrorist missions alone or together with the Kurd commanded cutthroats SDF. US plan is to stay indefinitely like in Afghanistan.
But facts on the ground suggest otherwise since the YPG/PKK Kurds up north, not exactly famous for sharp intellects and strategic minds, finally swore allegiance to the central Syrian government, so the “Roja- whatever” or “israel” 2.0 ship has essentially sailed and sunk. Iraq continues to bomb US’s Isis enclave at the border (and does so with Syrian consent and in coordination with the Russian/ Syrian/ Iran/ Iraqi command Center in Baghdad) and there’s nothing the US can do about that and of course the entire region including US’s “allies ” is hostile to this US landlocked occupation.
If it weren’t for Idlib where the Pentagram has it’s Nusra and al Qaeda terrorists (who recently took over the turf of Turkey’s Zenki cutthroats of the beheading of a Syrian child fame) that reason would’ve soon be gone which is why Bolton initiated yet another fake chem attack by warning Damascus and since Turkey failed to live up to it’s part of the Russian/ Turkey/ Iranian deal in Idlib, the long awaited Syrian + allies clean up operation is expected to begin soon.
So expect the white cutthroats with a helmet to match popping up any minute now and hysterical zio-MSM’s reports on “poor rebels”, “barrel bombs “,”5-10-100.000 killed “and “the last hospitable in Idlib” you know the drill.
I couldn’t agree more .. It’s time to leave the ME and Afghanistan to solve their own problems. Bonkers Bolton and Pompous Pompass must be fired ASAP, they’re not helping Trump at all .. in fact, he’s their boss, not the other way around.
Of course, America’s raison d’etre to occupy eastern Syria, ISIS, has been nurtured, potected and armed precisely for that purpose and they’re strategically placed between US occupation troops and the SAA on the other side of the river. The US plan is, indeed, to stay indefinitely as in Afghanistan.
But as you said, facts on the ground suggest otherwise, since the YPG/PKK Kurds up north (not famous for sharp intellects and strategic minds) finally swore allegiance to the central Syrian gov’t, so the “Roja-whatever” or “Israel” 2.0 ship has essentially sailed and sunk, Iraq continues to bomb US’s ISIS enclave at the border ,, and does so with Syrian consent and in coordination with the Russian, Iran and Iraqi command Center in Baghdad .. and there’s nothing the US can do about that, and of course the entire region, including the US’s “allies” is hostile to this landlocked occupation. As another poster said ” The gauntlet has been thrown down .. Trump must fire Bolton (and Pompass) or his credibility – even with his own base – is discredited.
We might stay in southeastern Syria but we will consult with Jordan and Israel first. Isn’t that big of us? We don’t stay in sovereign countries without permission. Never mind it’s not permission from the sovereign country we want to stay in. Our arrogance knows no bounds.
– “Hey, I heard Trump f**ked your wife.”
– “What!?”
– “It’s OK, he cleared it with Jordan and Israel first.”
– “Oh thank god. I almost got mad there for a second.”
– “No, wait. I think it was just Jordan.”
– “That son of a bitch!…”
So which is it really: lying to our allies, or a change of policy (having lied to the American people)? Probably a little or a lot of both.
Does not matter about lies to American people-press does not care people lulled to asleep or do not care, and off we go-what passes for us foreign policy is constructed 100% on lies, it could not be any other way!
There’s certainly something to that. Clinton “I did not have sex with that woman” was an issue, but it was obviously deceptive from the beginning, he’s a Democrat, and the press chose to make a big deal out of it. That’s why independent media is critical… social media is a good start but not enough. And my only quibble is it’s not 100%, and it could be another way… not easy but I have to believe possible.
They sure made it look and smell like change now didn’t they !?
We may as well elect Spongebob Squarepants in 2020 for all the good it does to have elections at this point.
Chalk another win for Bibi and Javanka.
good cop, bad cop
classic
The distraction, or, outright lie, here, is the use of “withdrawal”. The word we need is “disengagement”. End of land, sea, air, and dark money engagements in Syria. Everything else is bs.
Absolutely, Dave Sullivan .. the word we need is “disengagement”, not “withdrawal” .. end of land, sea, air and dark money engagements in Syria, everything else is BS. Period.
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Can’t you see that Bolton is doing damage control for his bosses since Don
the Con keeps flip flop-ing and his erratic behavior is endangering
their #MIGA agenda.
The US is nurturing ISIS and Al Qaida who are thriving as long the US is there. They are US’ “boots on the ground” . Syria with Russian support have defeated the terrorists in the by them liberated part of Syria. They are the only ones capable of defeating ISIS and the US / Israel know this very well.Trump probably wants to withdraw from Syria, the Deep State represented here by Bolton won’t let him. A very, very ugly situation is in the making in the Syrian occupied parts and Russia (and Turkey and Iran) should do something abou t this at once.