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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: didjuneau who wrote (223567)8/29/2024 7:42:02 PM
From: didjuneau  Read Replies (1) of 224704
 
Why pretend this is Syria? The Syrian government invited these US Forces to establish this Mission Support Site? What is the mission?

The US is thought to have around 900 soldiers deployed in Syria, often co-located with Syrian Kurdish allies in small military outposts.Syria used to export 300,000 barrels of oil a day before the 2011 revolt against the Syrian regime, with areas that are now in the US's control zone accounting for most of the production.

Oh, now I see. Pirates for the Blob high-grading the best production sites. For the Kurds. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Retiring diplomat says defense officials misled Trump on troop count in Syria
nypost.com

“We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” James Jeffrey, US special representative for Syria engagement, said in an interview with Defense One.



HankScorpio 35 points 5 hours ago
Why the fuck are there US forces in Syria?

AHLFgatsby 25 points 5 hours ago
Our southern border is too scary for them.
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