- Should we have been there? I’m tired of endless wars.
- Did we just let Turkey have something for nothing?
- Is our credibility hurt in the region as a result?
- How does this play for Russia?
- Did I just hear Trump praise Erogdan, when his forces just committed horrors against the Kurds?
- Why is this move ok?
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1. We should have been there much earlier than we were. Barry was cuck’d by Putin and Assad. Unbelievable the amount of death and misery in that country because of our lack of involvement. Once Barry committed, I was supportive of his strategy.
2. Turkey took it from Assad. It’s ultimately Syria, regardless of the Kurds assertions. They’re a people without a country. Let Turkey and Syria figure it out. Hopefully they get into a hell of war.
3. Depends on who in the region you’re talking about. Is it hurt with Jordan, UAE, Saudi, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, Lebanon, and Israel? No. With the Kurds? Probably, but it certainly isn’t the first time we’ve fvcked certain factions of them. Bush 41 did, Clinton really did, Bush 43, Barry, and now Trump. We use them as pawns when necessary. We’re still working with them in Northern Iraq against Iran very closely.
4. They have to contend with what comes next between Turkey (NATO) and Assad (Russian puppet)
5. You did. Baffling approach, but maybe he was just trying to hype the ceasefire and agreement. Don’t know and I really don’t care to be honest.
6. Depends on your perspective. If you’re a liberal who hates war, then I’d think you’d praise it. If you’re a neocon, you probably don’t like it. If you’re suffering from TDS, it doesn’t matter, you hate it.
I was talking about the millions of displaced civilians. We could’ve intervened very early in that civil war and we didn’t. Barry wanted out of Iraq despite how bad of an idea it was and proved to be. Syrian involvement would’ve prevented it. The Middle East burned down around his administration. Yes yes, Bush got us into it but we had Iraq mostly stable by the end of his Presidency.
#5 "Don't know, don't care"?????
Then why do you care that we didn't get in there "soon enough"? Confusing response. Again, another example of your inability to take on Trump.
To point 3 - isn’t this strategy just creating more ISIS type defections from moderate groups we can work with? It seems to be an approach that creates more anger towards the US, and more extremist views?
I hate war. I am also a student of history, and I’m glad psychos like you make these decisions - I’ll stick to the classroom where my idealism and bleeding heart do some good.
I’m just very uneasy now that Trump seems to be going rogue on his geopolitical strategy. He seems to be campaigning with his decisions. Lifting sanctions? You had me trusting Mattis - I don’t trust Trump
Geez, great addition to the thread — kind of like Michigan’s contribution to Big 10 football lately, or Marshall’s contribution to anything
It was a completely different place after 09. 09-12 didn’t compare to 05-08. 03 was some of the most fun I had with my clothes on.
Who are the people saying we shouldn't have been in Syria? You guys do remember that ISIS was there, right?
This isnt even ending "endless war" we've decided to post up in Syrian oil fields now, and are going to have to add troops to be able to do that. All we did was run because Trump doesnt know how to handle actual conflict.
While Erdogans goons are busy raping and murdering female politicians on the roadside and machine gunning medical workers, Trump is inviting him to the White House.
This isnt even ending "endless war" we've decided to post up in Syrian oil fields now, and are going to have to add troops to be able to do that. All we did was run because Trump doesnt know how to handle actual conflict.
While Erdogans goons are busy raping and murdering female politicians on the roadside and machine gunning medical workers, Trump is inviting him to the White House.