The Pentagon was very public about how much they opposed President Trump’s plan to withdraw from Syria last year. They’re still very opposed to it, and are trying to spin it as a mark of failure in Syria.
There are big problems with this argument, the biggest of which is that the US never actually withdrew from Syria in the first place, so any report that suggests this mythical pullout caused other things to happen was necessarily flawed.
Still, that didn’t stop the Pentagon from issuing a report that claimed
that ISIS is making a comeback in Syria because of Trump’s withdrawal,
which never actually happened. This is a fairly cynical attempt to
further pollute the idea of the pullout, and ensure a permanent US
presence.
It’s almost as if this report was prepared last year as a backlash to
the pullout if it had happened. Perhaps more confusingly, this is the
only Pentagon report really suggesting ISIS is making a comeback in
Syria, which by all other indications isn’t happening either.
Maybe call the boyz in Lang Lee 2get their slant on how this actually working? Isn’t the boss over at Issland 1 0f their guys…. ???
Too much Bourbon at the Pentagon
You’re quite right on that one, Ron Marshall;D I love it;D
What is new? The stories about Al-Qaeda, the one in Mesopotamia or the ine In Arabian Peninsula or Maghreb? All those Al-Qaeda’s with the department of Naming Standards? Then is resurrected anytime and anywhere someone needs to be struck by drones or other proxy, special ops imbedded means. Now is ISIS turn. Before Syria and Iraq eliminated ISIS and while it was still holding territory — the only thing we heard with regularity how yet another leader was killed. And so on, until Iraqi forces liberated ground, so pointless bombing had to stop. In Syria, ISIS was broken on two fronts — on Turkish border from Jarabulus to Al-Bab, preventing further expansion of “Kurdish” territory with US help. In Central Syria, at Palmyra, twice had Syrian forces with Russian help repelled ISIS beyond Euphrates, with US bombing Syrian forces that attempted to pursue them. After bombing Raqqa, ISIS mysteriously dissapeared, with our useless media squealing about ISIS reconstituting in the desert. Right. Without food and water. In Raqqa, Kurds are 5% of population. In Kobane close to Turkish border they are just over 59%. But everywhere else in US controlled area, Arabs are majority — and they do not wish to remain under US-Kurdish control and are rebelling. Thus — new IDIS! I would not be shocked if some ISIS rag tag is assembled in those refugee areas US does not allow access to. And then unleash them against population, creating excuse to kill the population, and force them to flee.
But this is in OUR dime. Saudis and UAE are out of this ISIS reconstruction. Provided it ever gets off the ground.
Why dies not our Mainstream Useless Media actually report from this US controlled area? Talk to population? Demand they get to vote on being controlled by Kurds?
A new round of Astana talks is in September and the Constitutional Assembly has been approved by all parties (except Al-Qaeda). which is forcing UN to reconvene Geneva round and determine election process. Representatives from US controlled area are attending, Kurds are attending. In fact, majority of Kurds live in Afrin, and they are no longer under YPG and US control. So are others living in Syria. This will leave YPG faction isolated.
Si, what is to be done? Resurrect ISIS, a little chaos — another distraction from Iran, which was distraction from Venezuela, itself distraction from China. More circles.
Israel is itching to do some bombing— but Russia is getting a bit stern about their tantrums. And elections coming in Israel in September with US favorite Netanyahu in a precarious position.
What can go wrong?
How does the Pentagon square the fact that we are still occupying the oil and gas fields of northeastern Syria, along with the Kurds, with the claim that we somehow started pulling out a year ago? If ISIS is coming back in Syria it’s only because al-CIAda has been boxed in up in the Idlib region and are desperate to get out. The Syrian army is attacking them again after the recent ceasefire and the Russians are helping them with air support.
The MSM just laps up anything the Pentagon says as fact. A real reporter would laugh and walk away from one of their briefings.
After Idlib is cleaned up, the real moves will be made. It’s still going to be a long process. I think everyone would be surprised to see Russia support any Syrian attempt at retaking the American-sponsored bases. Without a regional war, this could drag on for decades. America knows it won’t be challenged on the battle front, not until or unless Iran goes all-in against Israel.
The Pentagon sucks. They aren’t even good at their jobs. The Flag Officers are a bunch of bumbling political hacks.
More evidence of how pathetic this admin is in functioning as a “team.” Bolton et al has obviously worked the ziocon channels to include nitenyahoo against any talk of pullout.
Trump, a very weak leader, needs to stand up and say we are a unified team or hit the highway-it won’t happen sadly. Israel runs the show.
Now even pretend peace is too radical for these butchers. Occupying the planet isn’t enough, they must now also occupy our imaginations. Just when you think this shit can’t get any weirder….
The second link is the same as the first. Can you add the correct link?
As of July 22 there were nearly 1,000 US troops still in Syria https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1000-u-s-troops-still-in-syria-months-after-last-isis-held-territory-was-liberated/