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Title: U.S. Military Preparing for a Full Withdrawal of Its Forces From Syria
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Wall Street Journal
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Published: Dec 19, 2018
Author: Dion Nissenbaum and Nancy A. Youssef
Post Date: 2018-12-19 09:58:24 by Ada
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Move throws campaign against Islamic State into question WASHINGTON—The U.S. military is preparing to withdraw its forces from Syria, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday, a move that marks an abrupt reversal of the American military strategy in the Middle East. U.S. officials began informing partners in northeastern Syria of their plans to begin an immediate pullout of American forces from the region where they have been trying to wrap up the campaign against Islamic State, the people said. “The Pentagon has an order to get to move troops out of Syria as quickly as possible, “ a U.S. official said. The move follows a call last week between President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has threatened to launch an assault on America’s Kurdish partners in Syria. Mr. Erdogan steadfastly opposed the American partnership with Kurdish forces in Syria that he views as a terrorist force intent on destabilizing Turkey. But the U.S. has relied on the Kurdish forces as the most effective fighting force in Syria against Islamic State, which has been pushed to the brink of defeat. The U.S. has long sought to reconcile the two seemingly incompatible goals that the president has sought in Syria. On the one hand, Mr. Trump has pushed to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria, where more than 2,000 service members are working alongside Syrian militants to defeat Islamic State. On the other, he’s embraced a strategy that calls for American forces to remain in Syria as a deterrent to Iran’s expansive military ambitions. Officially, the U.S. military has no authority to battle Iran in Syria. Their mission has been to defeat Islamic State and ensure the militant group that once controlled large swaths of Syria and Iraq is unable to regroup. That task is largely complete. Islamic State has been effectively cornered in a small stretch of Syrian territory along the Iraq border, where the U.S. military estimates about 2,000 fighters have managed to hold off complete defeat for months. Newsletter Sign-up Earlier this year, the Pentagon said that Islamic State controlled less than 2% of the territory it once held in the Middle East, sparking a vow from Mr. Trump to get all U.S. forces out of Syria in a matter of months. “We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon,” he said in the spring. “I want to get out. I want to bring our troops back home.” But the pullout also comes amid abiding worries about the continued influence of Iran in Syria. Mr. Trump’s national security team pushed back and persuaded the president to embrace an open-ended strategy that would make sure Islamic State couldn’t rise again—and use the military as leverage to force Iran to withdraw its forces from Syria. The U.S. sent in diplomatic teams to help rebuild northeastern Syria as the military set up new outposts on the country’s border with Turkey, which views them as an effort to shield America’s Kurdish partners from an attack by Turkish forces. Earlier this month, Mr. Erdogan moved Turkish military forces to the border and threatened to attack the Kurdish forces within days. Mr. Trump and Mr. Erdogan spoke last Friday, and the discussions about withdrawing U.S. forces moved rapidly. Write to Dion Nissenbaum at dion.nissenbaum@wsj.com and Nancy A. Youssef at nancy.youssef@wsj.com
U.S. officials began informing partners in northeastern Syria of their plans to begin immediately pulling American forces out of the region.
U.S. officials began informing partners in northeastern Syria of their plans to begin immediately pulling American forces out of the region.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Is something good finally going to happen?
I'll believe it when the troops are out of Syria and on the US border. It's said that the CIA is leaving too, even harder to believe. It's said that the CIA is leaving too, even harder to believe. Incredulous, I'll admit.
The CIA ran Air America in SE Asia for years while our troops were in Vietnam. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Noory and guest Hewlet agreed on C2C that US setup ISIS which Trump says has been defeated. Maybe Trump will ride in a victory parade on 5th Avenue.
I was stationed in the A.F. at Udon Thani RTAFB in northern Thailand 73-74 - they had a fleet of planes operating from there. I was just a kid (22) at the time - I thought they were a legit airline, LOL! The movie with Mel Gibson was pretty good - probably an accurate representation of what really happened. During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. More likely he will pull a "Bush" and display a "Mission Accomplished" banner on Trump Tower while he addresses the nation. During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. And maybe not. Maybe he has been trying to pull the plug on those motherf*****s for two years. Maybe monumental forces have formed up against him. www.gofundme.com/dr-corsi-legal-expenses/donate
I was just a kid (22) at the time - I thought they were a legit airline, LOL! The movie with Mel Gibson was pretty good - probably an accurate representation of what really happened. Bill you are just a few years older than I am. By the time I registered for the draft it had been suspended. But I had a very high number, 360 if I recall. Not much chance I would have been called if it were not all out war. I saw where you tightened up sneakypete's shorts on the X22 Report about the guy that set the charges in the Murrah Building. Some of the charges did not go off and they had to call the EMTs out of the building and bring in the bomb squad to defuse them. That was supposed to be a total collapse. It was another false flag that was blamed on Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
#2. To: Ada (#0)
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#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
I'll believe it when the troops are out of Syria and on the US border.
#4. To: hondo68, Ada (#2)
It's said that the CIA is leaving too, even harder to believe.
#5. To: Ada (#0)
#6. To: BTP Holdings (#4)
(Edited)
The CIA ran Air America in SE Asia for years while our troops were in Vietnam. ;)
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#7. To: Tatarewicz (#5)
Maybe Trump will ride in a victory parade on 5th Avenue.
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#8. To: Tatarewicz (#5)
Maybe Trump will ride in a victory parade on 5th Avenue.
#9. To: Bill D Berger (#6)
I was stationed in the A.F. at Udon Thani RTAFB in northern Thailand 73-74 - they had a fleet of planes operating from there.
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