[mrsmith]

Kurds to the NE Syria, Turkey/Sunni's FSA to the NW. Buffer zone in the middle.

Actually sounds to me like a solid plan to get our military out in about a year, before re-election time.

[Aliska]

Why did Macron ask Trump for us to stay? Our local talk show host who is very conservative said last week he wouldn't send any of his kids to fight in the Middle East.

[mrsmith]

Signs of the future.

[familyop]

'Adversaries' jamming Air Force gunships in Syria, Special Ops general says
Fox News ^ | April 25, 2018 | Lucas Tomlinson
[Exerpt:]
"Russian mercenaries...attacked an outpost manned by American commandos and U.S.-backed fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), comprising Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters...Today, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is the U.S. military's best ally in the fight against ISIS in Syria, helping to take back 90 percent of territory formerly held by ISIS. It consists of well over 50,000 Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters."

[gaijin]

Good thing about this is it will hugely speed up building the wall,

plus all the operations will be for free, I’m sure; we’ll make new friends and everyone will be grateful.

it’s not like we have 21 trillion dollars in debt, after all.