The Trump tweet kicked off quite the psyop. That's really clear and can and should be understood! All sorts of claims have been made these past few days to shore up the lie of withdrawal including lots of disinfo surrounding the situation in Manbij.
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As mentioned here: Confusion Surrounds Manbij
Lost in all the disinfo was the fact that Turkish media leaked the presence and expansion of French occupation bases in northern Syria
Unsurprisingly today..... The "pause"
US ‘slowing things down’ on troop withdrawal from Syria – top senator
The withdrawal of the US military from the country is currently in a “pause situation,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- SC) told reporters on Monday after having lunch with President Trump at the White House.
The US troop withdrawal from Syria needs a “pause” in order to protect the Kurds, the potential interests of Israel, and to prevent Iran from scoring a big win in Syria, a top GOP senator has said. Apart from that, Trump is “worried” about the “potential dangers to Israel,” and will work with Ankara to ensure that “we don’t have a war between the Turks and our allies the Kurds,” Graham revealed.
CBC is reporting the "pause" as wellA U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier, left, speaks with a U.S. soldier, at a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij town,
"I'm going to ask him to sit down with his generals and reconsider how to do this. Slow this down. Make sure that we get it right. Make sure ISIS never comes back. Don't turn Syria over to the Iranians. That's a nightmare for Israel," Graham said."And, at the end of the day, if we leave the Kurds and abandon them and they get slaughtered, who's going to help you in the future?" he said. "I want to fight the war in the enemy's backyard, not ours. That's why we need a forward-deployed force in Iraq and Syria and Afghanistan for a while to come."
A forward deployed force in Iraq and Syria...
Was the US ever really going to leave?
No they weren'thattippin nomadiceveryman..He's observing the push for remaking the middle east via the Israeli friendly creation of "Kurdistan" aka Israel 2.0
my comment to Scott below:
PennyDecember 30, 2018 at 9:54 AMthanks scott!No wonder I stay away from Max Blumenthal---- way, way, way, away.