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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (131948)	3/11/2017 3:56:39 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218660

It's possible none of Trump's advisors have bothered to tell him he's been invading Syria since November 6, in order to keep his Tweet-storm to a minimum. Trump's Secretary of Defense Jim "Mad Dog" Mattis may have also been reasonably concerned Donald Trump might be tempted to Tweet the exact location of these US fire bases. Donald is clearly a "special needs" president so his people are making allowances for him. US moves to set-up fire bases in Syria within firing range of Raqqa, then a DAESH headquarters, to support Kurdish troops retaking the city were first announced by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on October 27, 2016. - cnn.com The Operation began just prior to the Pentagon announcement on November 6, 2016. But Putin's mouthpieces, Russia-Today Sputnik News, didn't mentioned this operation until 5 days ago, so clearly something has changed. Likely they're wanting to blame missile attacks on Syrian forces on American forces. If you read the American press, rather than Putin's news outlets, you would have learned about this operation four months ago. You would have also learned that the Pentagon's fight against ISIL/DAESH was interrupted for several weeks after Trump signed an Executive Order prohibiting Iraqi citizens from entering to US. The Donald forgot to make an exemption for the top Iraqi generals so they could continue to participate in Pentagon planning meetings. Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Raqqa Press Operations Release No: NR-397-16 - defense.gov - Nov. 6, 2016 I welcome today's announcement by the SDF that the operation to free Raqqa from ISIL's barbaric grip has begun. The effort to isolate, and ultimately liberate, Raqqa marks the next step in our coalition campaign plan. As in Mosul, the fight will not be easy and there is hard work ahead, but it is necessary to end the fiction of ISIL's caliphate and disrupt the group's ability to carry out terror attacks against the United States, our allies and our partners. The international coalition will continue to do what we can to enable local forces in both Iraq and Syria to deliver ISIL the lasting defeat it deserves.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (131948)	3/11/2017 6:47:30 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218660

re <<Globalisation is NOT Big Don's idea. America First.>> ... you are correct that globalisation is not trump's meme; i am hopeful that he shall give rise to more globalisation progress by team usa trying to exit globalisation per let-hundred-flowers-bloom protocol. in such a scenario, i suspect trump's goal would be harder to achieve, and if so, more progressive nations shall come to the fore. re <<Meanwhile, USA tanks and seriously potent hardware and USA troops have invaded Syria, flags flying, heading for Raqqa to attack ISIS as per Big Don's "don't tell them anything, just do it and let them find out too late what is happening". Assad has NOT invited the USA in so the USA is far in breach of UN rules and has no UN resolution on the matter.>> ... i had always been of the suspicion that the crux of the matter is not that the democrats or republicans are warmongers, but that they both are. re <<TPP was ditched so that was an anti globalizing move.>> .. i did not and do not see TPP in that favourable light. TPP was a china-exclusion / Pacific-pivot warmongering prelude. TPP demise is god-sent. Very well done by Mr Trump. re <<Hopefully USA troops don't start a war with Russians in Syria. Turkey has also invaded Syria. It's kind of like Armageddon - forces of the world gathering for End Times. There are plenty of nukes and once Americans start shooting Russians, it would not take long for me to issue a bright light warning in the sky of where things are going - an ICBM high in the sky at night should be impressive and would perhaps bring USA to its senses. It could be time to short the Dow in a big way. War is NOT good for share markets in general. Especially if the computers are melted, and the employees and factories too.>> ... it may be that the sideshow which is Syria keeps all the Alpha-types very extremely busy. A good thing per Cheney's (or was it Rumsfeld's) fly-paper meme. God-sent. re <<Note, this is not politics, it's investment protection.>> ... i am in agreement as am sure all others are as well. after all, this is normal cafe dialogue. re <<RT is providing good information on the matter.>> ... i have habit of google-search and baidu-search on any topic that interests me, and then i peruse the links on first two pages of the search result. RT definitely shows up often enough.