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Trump Weighs Leaving More Troops In Syria
October 24, 2019 at 8:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 58 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/10/24/u-s-weighs-leaving-more-troops-in-syria/
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The White House is considering options for leaving about 500 U.S. troops in northeast Syria and for sending dozens of battle tanks and other equipment, officials said Thursday, the latest in an array of scenarios following President Trumps decision this month to remove all troops there, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The options, presented by military officials, would represent a reversal from the American withdrawal Mr. Trump wanted. It also would modify U.S. objectivesfrom countering Islamic State extremists to also safeguarding oil fields in eastern Syria with additional troops and new military capability.
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RandySF
(59,224 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Remember the scenes from the movie "Blackhawk Down"? When enemy forces vastly outnumber our troops, no amount of tactical or equipment superiority helps our troops. Trump is going to insure that some of that 500 gets killed.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Sitting on a country is hard work for a two-bit gargantuan sloth.
XRubicon
(2,212 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)He's got no plan. No strategy. He's doesn't have a clue what he's doing. Or worse, he does.