@Big Al
THIS certainly doesn’t ring true:

Lastly, Trump wants to show the American public that he’s keeping his campaign pledge to (at least conventionally) draw down the War on Syria following the Republicans’ loss of the House last month and ahead of the 2020 elections, knowing that the Democrats will hold his feet to the fire over that unfulfilled pledge and weaponize it as part of election campaign against him if he doesn’t make visible progress on that front (and possibly also in Afghanistan too per the aforementioned scenario). In view of this, domestic political interests might have also played an influential role behind Trump’s decision and the specific timing thereof.

"President Trump changed the mission to instead fight and drive out ISIS, and return stability to the region as part of an overall plan to bring an end to the War and bring the troops home. With this announcement, the U.S. War against Syria is over, and also proves the point (for those that were skeptical) that Trump was never a part of the Globalist "Regime Change" Neocon cable (unlike Clinton, Obama, and the political Establishments of both political parties)."

You've got to be kidding to say he changed the mission to drive out ISIS, everyone knows the US created and maintained ISIS for the regime change mission Trump himself bought off on but failed. Here's a rational take on what's really happening with this announcement which if people say no one saw coming, they simply don't know the score.

Trump might not be totally in sync with some neocons, but his subservience to Israel clearly shows he's on board with the Zionist plan in the middle east and his sucking up to Saudi Arabia because they buy billions of dollars of US weapons clearly shows he's a globalist asshole who would rather kill babies in Yemen than care what happens in Peoria. He doesn't tie his shoes unless Netanyahoo tells him to. He's not a nationalist at all, that's an insult to real nationalists. He's a globalist thru and thru, for himself and only himself and his kids (I'll give him credit for that).

Relative to his "ending the war in Syria" and "bringing stability to the region" good grief. Here's a more rational conclusion on this bullshit about Trump ending the Syria war, which is no different from Bush's "mission accomplished" and Obama's "ending the Iraq war", which btw, globalist Trump is continuing.

"Altogether, while the US’ “withdrawal” from Syria is certainly a welcoming move that will undoubtedly do a lot to advance the stalled peace process in the war-torn country, it’s nevertheless much more of a cunning strategy aimed at comprehensively advancing a wide range of interests than the supposed “retreat” that some are “victoriously” celebrating it as. The US’ Hybrid Wars against Syria, Iran, and also Pakistan aren’t stopping any time soon, but it’s just that they’re evolving in response to new conditions and taking on less kinetic forms that are still more than capable of creatively shaping events in America’s favor so long as its intended targets don’t understand the nature of the new threats that they’re facing."

https://www.globalresearch.ca/dont-be-fooled-trumps-withdrawal-from-syri...

Trump might not be totally in sync with some neocons, but his subservience to Israel clearly shows he's on board with the Zionist plan in the middle east and his sucking up to Saudi Arabia because they buy billions of dollars of US weapons clearly shows he's a globalist asshole who would rather kill babies in Yemen than care what happens in Peoria. He doesn't tie his shoes unless Netanyahoo tells him to. He's not a nationalist at all, that's an insult to real nationalists. He's a globalist thru and thru, for himself and only himself and his kids (I'll give him credit for that).

Relative to his "ending the war in Syria" and "bringing stability to the region" good grief.

Damn, people are jumping around on this blog right after Trump says something like the fucker has never lied in his life. Not to mention the complete disregarding the overall big picture relative to U.S. imperialism and the absolutely unwavering dedication to ruling the world (which is globalism too btw).

@Unabashed Liberal

and all the media coverage of the last battalion driving off into the sunset? The people cheered because he was keeping his campaign promise to end the Iraq war.

Well except that he tried keeping the troops there after the status of forces agreement and then started putting them back into Iraq. But hey it was great at the time wasn't it. Boy what a difference a president makes.

approximately half the troops deployed to Afghanistan--will be pulled/coming home in coming months. It's not just Syria.

Personally, don't trust anything that comes out of this Administration. And, the Syria/Afghanistan pull-outs may, or may not, happen. But, DT did run on getting troops out of the ME.

Initially, I'd say that the Deep State 'managed him' better--at least, before he started weeding out some of them. Certainly, I don't believe it's because he's 'a good guy' that he's calling for this. My impression is that DT is such a major cheapskate, that he views these deployments as "a waste of money." (Not to say they aren't wasteful or immoral.)

My point being, I'm not buying that DT opposes these military deployments based on "humanitarian" grounds, or, because he "cares for" American troops. But, I don't doubt that he's wanting to pull them out. Partly, out of self-interest--since he ran on doing so.

Now, I do think that the MSM hysteria over Mattis' resignation is totally ridiculous. IOW, just more carrying the water for the Deep State, etc.

And, Dem lawmakers are certainly eager to lead the so-called "conversation" on today's events, declaring that we are in very perilous times. Just listen for a few minutes to Cable News--you'd think that the US government had just collapsed, or worse!

For sure, I'll be real curious to see what the so-called 'progressive' lawmakers have to say about all this, since most of the lawmakers that I've heard (today) have been Establishment/corporatist Dems. We'll see some true colors, I suspect.

Blue Onyx

@snoopydawg who'd nuke the Bahamas, just to assert his manhood. I don't trust anything until he's long gone. It's amazing that the PTB would put someone so incredibly repulsive forth as any kind of "expert".

"U.S. War against Syria is over"

Whilst I'm happy to hear about this, I doubt that the MICC will actually allow him to pull all of the troops out. As for the end of regime changes I'm withholding my happiness until Bolton and his ilk are out of the WH and Trump reduces sanctions on Iran. This has been the last country on PNAC's wishlist for as long as 1979 when they overthrew the Shah who we put in power for the oil companies.

BTW. I think the fight against ISIS was really done by Assad and Vlad after McCain and his buddies armed and protected them. Obama had to be shamed into bombing them and their oil trucks making their way into Turkey. Imagine that. Obama was worried about civilian casualties.

@WindDancer13 @WindDancer13 that Trump was also ending the air war. I will post the link later if I can find it.

It was at Moon of Alabama which I linked and included in a comment below.

and support for the war has ended:

@thanatokephaloides that just because they're leaving Syria doesn't mean they're coming home. Please keep your eyes open for reports of redeployment.

OK, so there's dispute as to whether Donald Trump's demilitarization moves are as advertised (as our Essayist Free Society suggests) or false propaganda (as most of the Commenters prior to this Comment seem to be asserting).

I ask that we all wait a few moments, for the reasons I will elaborate below.

Your humble scribe is in a rare position to evaluate the truth as to whether we're really pulling out of Syria or not: I dwell in a military town whose most populous military base, Fort Carson, Colorado, has many units whose Modes Of Service (MOSs) make those units among the most deployed units in places like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

So my attitude about all this is "wait and see". Distrust and verify. If Trump puts his money and the US military forces in Syria where his mouth is, it will be physically impossible for our local news outlets not to cover it to death. Our local capitalist barons guarantee this; the return of numerous large military units to their home base at Carson means far too many millions of dollars in Colorado Springs' economy for our local news outlets to ignore it. Moreover, loved ones of those soldiers are a major slice of the audience of those same news outlets, translating directly into dollars in their coffers.

I plan on reporting any and all returns of such units to "The Mountain Post".

So, before we get any too hostile with each other on this subject, let's see whether or not the old Great Orange Hairball delivers on his promises. If he doesn't deliver, and fast, we've caught him red-handed in a major lie complete with smoking-gun level direct evidence supplied straight from the man's own mouth! If he does deliver on them, I suspect that the author of The Art of the Deal is trying to deal his way back into the White House in November 2020. We SHALL see.

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Peace to and upon you all.

@snoopydawg
Might be common knowledge to some, but not to me. I thought Bibi didn't like anyone in his great big neighborhood.

Analysis Despite the Blow to Its National Security, Israel Will Bow to Trump’s Syria Withdrawal

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How Assad Helped Create ISIS to Win in Syria and Got Away With the Crime of the Century

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Despite his declared sympathy for Israel, Trump's move goes against Netanyahu's position and further isolates the country in its attempt to subdue Iranian influence

This is all I'm able to read without a subscription and I don't think I'm going to waste my money.

@gjohnsit  
Say “just as corrupt as” and who could disagree with you?

Even “vastly more corrupt than” is at least debatable.

But “infinitely” — in a comment ridiculing someone else’s thinking as lacking balance — is itself ridiculous.

the (corrupt) Obama administration with Globalist Neocon-Warmongers like John Brennan

That sentence may be true, but it's hilarious that you think the Trump Administration isn't infinitely more corrupt, and that John Bolton isn't a much worse warmonger.

@gulfgal98

in the meantime, Moon of Alabama has posted a very interesting analysis of why Trump made the decision to pull out of Syria. I think it is very much worth considering since it seems as though Moon of Alabama has often been on the money with previous statements and analyses on the Middle East.

Although Trump has previously stated that he wanted the US out of Syria and much of the Middle East wars, it appears that his decision came after a very long conversation with Turkish President Erdogan. I am linking a few excerpts from Moon of Alabama's column written on Thursday the 20th.

Last Friday President Trump had another long phonecall with the Turkish President Erdogan. Thereafter he overruled all his advisors and decided to remove the U.S. boots from Syria and to also end the air war.

~Snip~

But there are bigger geopolitical fish to fry than such meddling in the Middle East. Trump knows that the United States' 'unilateral moment' after the demise of the Soviet Union, which left the U.S. was the sole superpower, is over. Russia is back and China is rising. Trump's policy to adopt to the decreasing U.S. power is to end the 'globalization' that allowed for China's rapid rise. He wants to geopolitical split this world into two influence spheres. These will be separate from each other in the political, economic, technological and military realms.

And finally this.

Trump decided that to prevent Turkey from leaving NATO, and from joining a deeper alliance with Russia, China and Iran, was more important than to further fool around at the margins of the Middle East. It is the right decision.

I hope people here will to the link above and read the entire analysis provided by Moon of Alabama.