US Special Envoy to Syria James Jeffrey has sought to reassure allies in
the anti-ISIS coalition that there will be no “abrupt” US pullout from
Syria, and that there will be a very slow, gradual, and phased process.
Jeffrey’s comments were vague, as usual with State Department officials,
who are insisting that the pullout is very tentative, that there is no
timetable, and sometimes even imply that it might still be subject to
change.
This is in stark contrast to the US military, which says that the intention is to have all the troops out by the end of April. Others suggest a pullout will happen in March as well, so this is a very clear timeline for ending the war.
With State and Defense officials giving conflicting reports, it’s tough
to say what the administration’s plans actually are. In all likelihood,
there is some deliberate effort to keep multiple semi-official stories
out there to prevent criticism.
“US Envoy Says Withdrawal From Syria ‘Will Be Gradual’
…until Iran with tens of thousands of militias, Hezbollah and Iraqi PMU forces, says otherwise. If so it’ll be fast as h*ll…
Putin and China already called “Time, gentlemen, please,” and closed the bar.
Withdrawal indeed.
Uh, yeah, sounds like the Cold Turkey = Bad substance abuse argument.
https://www.dualdiagnosis. org/guide-drug-detox/cold-turkey/
That being the case, a President Jill Stein would have been the far better choice, as she is a real doctor with practiced bedside manner and real med knowledge. Too bad she SOMEHOW never went viral in 2016.
Now we only have Doc Trump to deal with the violent seizures and hallucinations of the Deep State.
“In all likelihood,
there is some deliberate effort to keep multiple semi-official stories
out there to prevent criticism.”
Or to stall until they can start another war that will act as a diversion so they can continue to loot and pillage the entire planet until they bring about the utopia of the 4th Reich.
The whole withdrawal hinges on one detail – Israel wants to keep the captured Golan Heights and Syria wants it back. The rest of the World sides with Syria – I have no doubt that our occupied US Congress will go to war so that the greedy Israelis can keep their captured property.
US Special Envoy to Syria James Jeffrey is a now-discredited extreme war hawk who no longer speaks for the President nor the orders given by the President.
Another day, another version.
So Trump doesn’t have control of the State Department either. He doesn’t have control of half of the Executive Branch departments. He should have used the magic two words more: “you’re fired”. Instead, he brought in a bevy of back stabbing neocons. Never Trumpers.
I totally agree with you. So, Trump has no control of the State Dept either .. He doesn’t have control over half the Executive Branch. As you rightly said, he should’ve used the two magic words more: “You’re fired”. Instead, he brought in a bevy of back-stabbing Trotskyists. That’s not the way a real Commander-in-Chief acts .. in fact, it’s not the way a real corporate CEO acts.
On the issue with US Special Envoy to Syria (James Jeffrey) is a now-discredited extreme war hawk who doesn’t speak for Trump, nor orders given by him. I totally agree with Mark Thomason on that subject.
except it is near impossible to fire government workers.
Not at the top end. It’s near impossible to get rid of unionized government employees. That doesn’t hold true on non unionized appointments.
Ever heard of the managerial state ?