President Trump has told reporters to expect a victory announcement for
Syria at some point on Saturday. This is not the first time he’s offered
a very specific timetable for when ISIS will be defeated.
It also looks unlikely to be met, with Kurdish commander Adnan Afrin telling the AP that the discovery of around 1,000 civilians still remaining in ISIS-held areas, many hiding in underground tunnels, is blunting the offensive substantially.
The commander suggested ISIS forces are using them as human shields and
that the Kurdish offensive did not anticipate so many remaining
civilians. Officials say this is all in the “last square kilometer” of
ISIS territory in Baghouz.
This appears to be mostly an excuse for the Kurds not delivering Trump’s
expected victory in time. Offensives in Baghouz have been ongoing for
months, and US airstrikes have been killing hundreds of civilians,
suggesting that “human shields” would be of little value in blunting
their push.
U.S. ‘allies’ should worry about civvies more often. Like Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
“This appears to be mostly an excuse for the Kurds not delivering Trump’s
expected victory in time. Offensives in Baghouz have been ongoing for
months, and US airstrikes have been killing hundreds of civilians, suggesting that “human shields” would be of little value in blunting their push.”
Or maybe they have always tried to kill as few civilians as possible but that it’s war and war is hell on civilians always all the time no matter what? Any attempt to not kill civilians is a good and we shouldn’t equate it with nefarious conspiracy theories. There is ZERO evidence that the Kurks are simply delaying.Where did this even come from? Who is even suggesting this nonsense?
Keep in mind that many of the civilians trapped in this were allowed to
escape previous bombing campaigns. If it was always scorched earth then
why are they even alive?
I don’t think that the US or the Kurds want to see any women and children slaughtered and I don’t think it helps anyone to make a wild accusation that can’t be backed up.
Think about the knee jerk reaction we see in
the above comment. Then think about this. What if this was the Syrian
Army working with Russian Special Forces and they had slowed their
attack and allowed civilians to leave and then they were setting up
first aid stations and everything else we are doing. Would it be
reported the same in the anti-war press? Nope. For example, the Russians
were Great For liberating Aleppo, the US was doing the exact same thing
in Mosul and anti-war people screamed about how immoral it was. We help
the Kurds wipe out ISIS’s Caliphate and the anti-war crowd boo’e and
cries, but they cheer on Russia.
Honestly, this is the worst marketing ever, if you are trying to appeal to the larger American population that is. If all you want to do is preach to an increasingly smaller choir then go for it. But you miss out on a lot of people if all you ever do is “Blame America”.
I think a bunch of people are going to be happy we got out of the wars and
they will be ready to celebrate, they won’t be ready to join a group
that actively rooted against “America”. And guess what? You will not get
more SJW’s to join because SJW’s don’t care about foreign policy they
care about “Feelings” and identity politics etc.
Who is this supposed to appeal to? The Kurds really just want to kill and
destroy women and children but they are delaying it just to make Trump
look bad or something? Really?
Honestly, it’s F’ing stupid to even suggest this. It makes it sound like conspiracy central and just dumb. Who reads something that stupid and takes this place seriously?