Usually it's the president or some senior State Department representative that throws around threats against a foreign nation. However, this week the Pentagon skipped right past the executive branch and threatened Iran directly.
Turkey is threatening to invade Syria (again) in order to defend al-Qaeda-controlled Idlib province from the Syrian army.
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I just watched this for the first time. My mom couldn't believe I'd never seen it. Holy shit, was it good!
The media and political establishment have been waiting far too long for this moment to arrive.
The U.S. will finally stand on the moral high ground and denounce Assad.
The House voted overwhelmingly to condemn Trump's abandonment of the Syrian Kurds.
If you listened to the MSM you would think that we are leaving Syria.
We are leaving the Kurdish-majority areas of Syria.
As for the non-Kurdish areas of Syria. Well, that's a whole 'nuther story.
After admitting I was foolish to have believed Trump was right to call Erdogan's bluff on the invasion, I find myself still thinking there may have been a rationale for Trump's move, as horrific as it has turned out to be.
Simon Tisdall describes a possible positive outcome from the negative reactions to Erdogan on the part of countries involved in the crisis:
"The View" co-host Meghan McCain went on an epic rant against anyone and everyone associated with the betrayal of our Syrian Kurdish allies.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/07/president-trump-explains...
President Trump Explains Extracting the U.S. From Syria…
Posted on October 7, 2019 by sundanceIn a series of tweets today, President Trump explains the U.S. position toward the current quagmire in Northern Syria:
The neocons in Washington are playing checkers, while Moscow is playing chess.
There is no strategy to help Russia gain influence in the Middle East. It just works out that way because of Washington's incompetence.
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