President Trump announced the withdrawal of US forces from Syria in
mid-December, and here we are in late January still wondering about the
pace of the process. Whether a full pullout will even happen is now also
in doubt.
Israel was seen as dubious about the US pullout from the start, but didn’t publicly denounce it. Now, however, reports are that Israel is demanding that the US keep at least one base in Syria, the al-Tanf base, for Israel’s sake.
This seems to be at least under consideration, with some officials suggesting the US might keep al-Tanf to “challenge Iran,”
which is of course exactly what Israel is hoping for. This might also
allow the administration to skirt legal concerts about changing the
Syrian War from fighting ISIS to fighting Iran, as it’s less likely to
face challenge in Congress if done at Israel’s behest.
Officials say this is ultimately up to Trump. That is a big part of why
the future of the pullout is so uncertain, as Trump has largely not
directly addressed it in recent days, preferring to let others in the
administration issue conflicting statements.
“it’s less likely to
face challenge in Congress if done at Israel’s behest. ” LOL
What a surprise.
If Israel feels so strongly about that base, they should try to occupy it themselves with their own soldiers. The ONLY topic that countries should be demanding of each other until thoroughly resolved is greenhouse gas emissions, otherwise everyone should mind their own business.
If Israel feels so strongly about that base, they should try occupying it themselves with their own soldiers. President Trump wants out of Syria and the entire Middle East, but traitors Bonkers Bolton and Pompous Pompeo want US troops to stay, even after ISIS suicide bombers killed 4 of them. The Trotskyists aka Neocons don’t want Trump to withdraw all US forces/equipment and close the Al-Tanf base they occupy, either.
The Syrian Govt under the twice democratically-elected Bashar Al-Assad invited only Russia to help his Arab Syrian Army forces rid the country of ISIS and other Jihadists. He added Iran and Hezbollah later, after invading US/UK/French forces illegally entered Syria.
Regarding the two traitors (Bolton and Pompeo), Trump should’ve fired them immediately after they returned from their unofficial trips to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, then handed them over to the DOJ for prosecution. He should’ve also kicked the Trotskyists out of the White House and kept them out. He wanted this country to be a sovereign Republic; so, how can it be if he doesn’t kick out the Trotskyists, then fire Bolton and Pompeo and give the DOJ the green light to arrest, charge, and prosecute them for High Treason? This is no time for him to be a coward.
How pathetic. Trump has surrounded himself with neocons who have always been a 5th column for Israel. Trumpsters have seen their hopes for a non-interventionist presidency fade away with the arrival of Pompeo and Bolton to Trump’s inner circle. Bolton started out with PNAC lusting for 9/11, worked to sell the USA on the Iraq War during his stint with Bush II, and is now an instigator for war with Syria and Iran. Those troops in al-Tanf are tripwires for a larger conflict and Trump knows it. Wake up, Trumpsters, you’ve been had.
Why do people continue to foolishly imply that Trump had any say in these selections?
Nobody’s “implying” it. Everyone who’s paying attention is straight out saying it.
Trump appointed Bolton. Nobody else. Trump.
Trump appointed Pompeo. Nobody else. Trump.
Trump appointed Haspel. Nobody else. Trump.
Did he have advice? Of course. Were there political considerations involved? Absolutely. Were there threats? Quite possibly.
But he, and no one else, did what he did.
“Trump appointed Bolton. Nobody else. Trump.”
Bolton wanted war with North Korea, but instead we have the opposite.
Trump, and no one else, did what he did.
“Trump appointed Pompeo. Nobody else. Trump.”
Pompeo said, “expel every last Iranian boot”, but instead, Trump said, we’re pulling all US boots out.
Trump, and no one else, did what he did.
“Trump appointed Haspel. Nobody else. Trump.”
And we have yet to see how that plays out.
And let’s not forget Elliot “professional liar past his sell-by date” Abrams, appointed to the Venezuela project, on course to humiliate himself. (Because Trump will talk tough till the cows come home, but he will ***NEVER*** allow the Neocon war-mongers to suck him into another Deep State-first-America-last unnecessary war.)
Friends close, enemies closer. An odd strategy. Seemingly counterproductive. Yet effective. Unlike other presidents. And isn’t that the point? (No need to answer. Demonstrate your “expertise”: hide from the truth. The President doesn’t need your help to be effective.)
Trump has taken the “game” to a whole nother level, leaving you guys clueless, helpless … and irrelevant.
Endeavor to persevere.
Trump, and no one else, does what he does.
Trump is president, and will be for at least another two years. Since you can’t handle it, and continue to advertise your loser unhappiness, I guess I’ll just have to keep rubbing your noses in it. Cry me a river! Hehehehe!
I’m not sure why you think I “can’t handle” Trump being president.
I predicted that Trump would be elected president in May of 2016, when most commentators were laughing at the idea. When I said he would carry Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania (as he did), people told me I was nuts for thinking he’d carry any of them, let alone all four (as in 2016, I only got 48 of the 50 states right — I missed Wisconsin and Iowa).
In his first two years as president, I’ve supported him when I think he’s doing the right thing, opposed him when I think he’s doing the wrong thing, and opposed the cockamamie schemes proposed to relieve Hillary Clinton of her responsibility for her piss-poor campaign and shift the blame to !THEM RUSSIANS!
But when I point out that Trump is responsible for what Trump does, all of a sudden that means I “can’t handle” him? What, precisely, are you smoking this afternoon?
What ? You mean MAGA is just republican “hope and change” ??
I’m devastated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great idea to leave a base in Syria to protect ISIS from raising up again . Syria and Russia should build a base in the USA to protect us from Canada and Mexico . This way we are all protected .
Not shocking. And at the same time, still just speculation. Is he constantly being threatened? Yes. Just knowing that people around you are being arrested on fanciful charges in a theatrical, full gear SWAT mode, released on huge bails — must be unnerving. We watch this version of Roman circus with near indifference, tired of endless noise surrounding Trump. When it comes to kerping Trump
In the news — he is not the only one capable of playing this game.
He is being pushed against his wall — and indifference to border issues, or any issue, is settling in. Abrams in charge of Venezuela. Bolsanaro running Brazil, chaos in Venezuela. The Quiet Pope has been transforming Latin America one country at a time, with armies of priests, turning faux populist, creating waves of regime changes, from Argentina to Brazil. Chile and Peru already well controlled. Nicaragua undermined, Bolivia will not be far behind.
And new masses on our borders will swell after the effects of paularization settle in. But this IS the objective. Looking at Europe, you will see the work in progress — transformation of demographics in line with politics. Naked. Simple. Debilitating. Disorienting to all involved. Yet it marches on. From politics to judicial systems, all threatening those that are standing in the way of progress. Progress in the shape of desparately poor African masses in waves hitting the shores of Mediterranean. And with desparately inarticulate Trump, banking on his survival skills, even the most serious and most fundamentally defining issues of our time, are trivialized, worn down, lost.
It is amazing what a determined elite can do to save themselves and their ageda. We are living in interesting times.
Interesting dangerous and repressive. But that’s what you get when the plutocrats rule through a controlled democracy.
Inverted totalitarianism is basically leading us into debt peonage and the new caste system.