For the duration of his four-year term, Trump attempted to withdraw American troops from decades-long conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, but got constant push-back from his defense and national security advisers and Cabinet members, leading to the sacking or resignation of several.
ed note–Time once again to play the ‘we told ya so’ card.
Before doing that however, let it be known that we derive no pleasure whatsoever in doing so. Who celebrates and gloats over a disaster hanging over their own heads?
Rather, as with all things that have appeared on this site since its creation over a decade ago, the ‘We told ya so card’ is part and parcel of the remedial mission that has factored into every piece of information that has appeared here.
In this case, this particular ‘card’ is played in highlighting the role played by various elements/characters operating with some degree of undeserved credibility in rendering commentary and analysis on important geo-pol affairs, and especially those dealing with American Foreign Policy, Zionism, Israel and the ‘JQ’.
These elements–despite a mountain of impossible-to-avoid contra-factual evidence thrust in front of their stupid eyes, clogged ears and low-watt brains for over half a decade, nevertheless–took the low (and popular) road in claiming that DJT was a ‘Zionist’ who had been put into power by Judea, Inc in order to get WWIII started, when in fact, the exact opposite was the case from the very beginning and as obvious as a heart attack to anyone who bothered utilizing a mere fraction of the common sense with which even the most intellectually-unimpressive human being is born.
Now, organized Jewish interests have gotten what they’ve wanted since 2016–a puppet in the WH who is going to continue the wars for Zion that began with the Israeli-engineered terrorist attacks on 9/11, wars which DJT concentrated his efforts for 4 years on eliminating.
For all those talking heads within the ‘911 Truth Movement’, as well as Iranian media, the various pro-Palestinian groups, Anti-War groups, Code Pink, etc, etc, etc, who for the last 4 years stood proudly alongside the NeoCons in adding political heat to DJT that has now born the very bitter fruit of a Biden Admin that will indeed pick up where things left off with Obama’s departure, congrats on your own contribution in handing Netanyahu the POTUS that he and Israel wanted all along.
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A large convoy of U.S. military personnel headed into Syria on Thursday along with hundreds of troops some 24 hours after President Joe Biden took office and took on his commander-in-chief role, foreign media reported.
Citing Syrian state news agency SANA, i24 News reported that a convoy of about 40 trucks and armored vehicles “entered northeastern Syria” on Thursday supported by helicopters.
The convoy entered the country from Iraq via the al-Waleed crossing “to bring arms and logistical equipment to bases in Hasakeh and Deir Ezzor provinces,” i23 News stated.
And while “other local media” noted that such resupply convoys are not uncommon, SANA’s report added that an additional 200 U.S. troops were choppered into the Hasakeh province as well.
The report claimed that the additional troops will deploy to protect nearby oilfields on land that buttresses Kurdish-controlled territory in eastern Syria that is also said to be rich in energy resources.
“The US-led coalition has been working closely with the Kurds during the campaign against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, with Kurdish forces often working as ground coordinators for coalition jets during airstrikes,” i24 News reported.
Late last year, former President Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces in the area withdrawn to neighboring Iraq.
Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes fired a number of missiles in central Syria, The Associated Press reported, citing state media which claimed the attack killed a family of four including two children. State media also claimed that most of the missiles were downed by Syrian air defenses.
A Syrian military official told SANA that the strike was aimed at a number of targets in and around the central province of Hama. Israel has hundreds of sorties against targets in Syria over the years that were linked to Iran.
The AP noted that the Israeli strike was the country’s first since Biden took over as president.
For the duration of his four-year term, Trump attempted to withdraw American troops from decades-long conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and, more recently, Syria.
But he reportedly got constant push-back from his defense and national security advisers and Cabinet members, leading to the sacking or resignation of several.
In September, then-Democratic presidential nominee Biden claimed he wanted to draw down troop levels but added he would not withdraw U.S. forces completely.
“These ‘forever wars’ have to end. I support drawing down the troops. But here’s the problem, we still have to worry about terrorism and the Islamic State,” he said in an interview at the time.
He said he supported a “small U.S. military footprint” where the troops’ primary mission would be to engage in or facilitate special operations against ISIS and other terrorist groups, according to Stars & Stripes.
On Wednesday, the day Biden was inaugurated, the Syrian government sent him a message imploring him to withdraw American forces from the country.
Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria’s UN ambassador, criticized U.S. actions in the country during a virtual session of the Security Council as his country’s civil war approached its 10th anniversary.
“The American occupation forces continue to plunder Syria’s wealth of oil, gas, and agricultural crops, burning and destroying what it cannot steal,” he said.
“The new U.S. administration must stop acts of aggression and occupation, plundering the wealth of my country, withdraw its occupying forces from it, and stop supporting separatist militias, illegal entities, and attempts to threaten Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity,” he added.