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9. Should never have been in there

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Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:42 PM

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What is everyone's position on keeping troops in Syria? [View all] oberliner Dec 2018 OP

Ultimately we should get out. drray23 Dec 2018 #1

What would be a good potential exit strategy? oberliner Dec 2018 #2

No idea. I'm not a military strategist or diplomat. drray23 Dec 2018 #4

I would posit that the people who are 'experts' on this have no idea what they are doing. pangaia Dec 2018 #6

You would posit wrong. drray23 Dec 2018 #8

People who actually know what's going on shanny Dec 2018 #26

I know trump announced it. pangaia Dec 2018 #35

+++ There's a difference between having an exit strategy,leaving a building through a door.. JHan Dec 2018 #56

It's a Hobson's choice. Turbineguy Dec 2018 #3

No. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #5

What is yours? Hekate Dec 2018 #7

I don't think it is important to keep US troops in Syria oberliner Dec 2018 #10

To keep tabs on the Ruskies? ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #11

2018 worst year in Syria's humanitarian crisis: U.N. official oberliner Dec 2018 #15

So do we stay there to back up the UN with military support? ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #19

Personally, I do not see the value in US troops being there oberliner Dec 2018 #42

To keep that lunatic Assad from genociding his own people. Volaris Dec 2018 #55

Should never have been in there rockfordfile Dec 2018 #9

It does not take a lot of troops in Syria to limit some of the more heinous acts. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #12

I am a pacifist. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #13

I am pacifist too. violetpastille Dec 2018 #28

Our secret..... Shhhhhh..... BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #29

C.O. since before Vietnam. Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #51

I just learned something. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #52

Hmm. I know i was listed w the church myself, but, Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #53

It probably won't change much. ucrdem Dec 2018 #14

Like everything else DFT has done, you can't shoot from the hip RainCaster Dec 2018 #16

Irrespective of that oberliner Dec 2018 #17

Ostensibly we are in Syria and Iraq to fight Sunni terrorists (ISIS or Daesh) on behalf of Iraq pecosbob Dec 2018 #18

I think we should stay. Mosby Dec 2018 #20

who are "the opposition"? Assad? shanny Dec 2018 #27

our presence in the north is important Mosby Dec 2018 #31

Aren't the Turks the ones who are attacking the Kurds? oberliner Dec 2018 #40

thats what I meant, just poorly written Mosby Dec 2018 #50

Maybe bad for the Kurds. moondust Dec 2018 #21

The Turkish forces seem to be attacking the Kurds anyway oberliner Dec 2018 #39

"blatant betrayal" moondust Dec 2018 #43

Obama was accused of betraying the Kurds in 2014 oberliner Dec 2018 #44

Well, moondust Dec 2018 #46

I understand the POV of the Kurds oberliner Dec 2018 #47

Syria, Turkey and Russia wants us out. Xolodno Dec 2018 #22

I am no pacifist and a moderate by DU standards. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #23

Get them out Alea Dec 2018 #24

I notice you post a great deal and yet you don't have a star membership tavernier Dec 2018 #25

I try to click on the ads a lot oberliner Dec 2018 #38

We have to protect our allies the Kurds PaulX2 Dec 2018 #30

Turkish assault on Kurdish militia in Syria has 'killed 24 civilians' oberliner Dec 2018 #32

We leave and the Turks Chuuku Davis Dec 2018 #33

Isn't Turkey a NATO ally? oberliner Dec 2018 #37

they should be kicked out of nato imo. nt Mosby Dec 2018 #57

I am pro-Kurds Lithos Dec 2018 #34

Could we prevent that from happening without having troops there? oberliner Dec 2018 #36

Do not think so Lithos Dec 2018 #54

Your thoughts? Lithos Dec 2018 #58

I just don't really understand what the US military strategy is in Syria oberliner Dec 2018 #59

The US entered to fight ISIS Lithos Dec 2018 #60

We were down to 2,200 troops. Just over a third of what Trump sent to the Mexican border Tom Rinaldo Dec 2018 #41

I don't know, but if we leave Downtown Hound Dec 2018 #45

My thought is bluestarone Dec 2018 #48

Trump handed Syria to Russia and Iran DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #49