Trump Orders Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Northern Syria

NY Times ^ | 10/13/2019 | Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt

[McGruff]

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said Sunday that President Trump ordered a withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria, a decision that will effectively cede control of the area to the Syrian government and Russia, and could allow a resurgence of the Islamic State.

Mr. Esper, appearing on both Fox News and CBS News, said that American troops, mostly Special Operations forces, would leave the northeastern part of the country in the face of Turkey’s incursion into the section of Syria controlled by Kurdish forces, a group of fighters trained and backed by the United States government.

The bulk of the roughly 1,000 troops in Syria are positioned in the northeastern part of the country. The new orders will remove the troops from that area, sending them, at least initially, to Iraq. For now the Pentagon will leave the Special Operations forces in southern Syria in place.

[McGruff]

“Fifty service members are not going to stop a Turkish advance,” Mr. Esper said...“The U.S. doesn’t have the forces on hand to stop an invasion of Turkey that is 15,000 strong.”

[Sarah Barracuda]

Apparently Turkey and the Kurds have been going at it for over a month now..gee I dont remember seeing the left care til now..and if President Trump had sent in 1000 troops into Syria the same left would be calling him a warmonger

[Alberta's Child]

... a decision that will effectively cede control of the area to the Syrian government and Russia, and could allow a resurgence of the Islamic State.

So removing U.S. troops from Syria will “cede control” of the area ... to SYRIA?

Does someone actually get paid to write this idiocy?

[rrrod]

Read up on the Treaty of Sevres and you’ll see why this is a mess.

[McGruff]

Syrian government troops will deploy along the border with Turkey to help Kurdish fighters fend off Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, the Kurds said Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump ordered all U.S. troops to withdraw from the area to avoid getting caught in the middle of the fast-escalating conflict.

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[JonPreston]

a withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria, a decision that will effectively cede control of the area to the Syrian government

Imagine that, an American foreign policy that allows Syria to control Northern Syria. It's no wonder the neocons are going nuts!!

[SecAmndmt]

There are some here who claimed that as a “failed state”, we had the right to be there.

Notice we haven’t heard any mention of barrel bombs or gas attacks since the jihadists have been demolished.

Glad to see Trump doing what he promised on the campaign trail

[oldasrocks]

They’ve been killing each other for 1,000’s of years. Why should we waste our good men, money and equipt on this never ending war?

I’d give them each an A bomb with a 12 minute timer. Once they hit ARM it’s all over.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I read the headline, BP raises a little, then see who write it. BP goes back down and I move on. I don’t waste any time on fake news.

[DoughtyOne]

Would be interesting to know what went on behind the scenes here.

[seowulf]

I remember when Democrats used to say they were against endless wars in the Middle East.

[Grampa Dave]

... a decision that will effectively cede control of the area to the Syrian government and Russia, and could allow a resurgence of the Islamic State.
So removing U.S. troops from Syria will “cede control” of the area ... to SYRIA?

Does someone actually get paid to write this idiocy?”

The TDS infections of the mediots disables any rational thoughts and opeds they spew out!

[Pollard]

muslims vs muslims vs muslims vs communist muslims

But hey, I’ve seen pics of cute female Kurd fighters so I care now /s

[Navy Patriot]

Trump Orders Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Northern Syria

Good Start, now make NATO members pay their way and supply front line troops.

[tcrlaf]

get ready for an endless parade of “BUT THEY ARE DYINGGGGGGG!” propo from the Democrats. They think this will hurt Trump, because thier own followers are stupid.

If the Democrats want a War in Syria so damn badly, they can always VOTE to go to war.

[Eddie01]

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said Sunday that President Trump ordered a withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria, a decision that will effectively cede control of the area to the Syrian government and Russia, and could allow a resurgence of the Islamic State.

Could?

or Could not?

worthless words.

[Flaming Conservative]

Well if they’re sunk by the loss of 1000 troops, then they’ll NEVER be able to be safe, and we can’t stay there forever. I confess I don’t know much about it, but it seems that with all the assistance we’ve given them over the years, they ought, by now, to have a fighting force built up. They’ll never fight for themselves if the training wheels stay on.

[LeoWindhorse]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Very smart not to be involved in the intense fighting along the Turkish Border, for a change. Those that mistakenly got us into the Middle East Wars are still pushing to fight. They have no idea what a bad decision they have made. Why are they not asking for a Declaration of War?Do you remember two years ago when Iraq was going to fight the Kurds in a different part of Syria. Many people wanted us to fight with the Kurds against Iraq, who we just fought for. I said no, and the Kurds left the fight, twice. Now the same thing is happening with Turkey...........The Kurds and Turkey have been fighting for many years. Turkey considers the PKK the worst terrorists of all. Others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other. Let them! We are monitoring the situation closely. Endless Wars!

[Navy Patriot]

So removing U.S. troops from Syria will “cede control” of the area ... to SYRIA?

[LeoWindhorse]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Dealing with @LindseyGrahamSC
and many members of Congress, including Democrats, about imposing powerful Sanctions on Turkey. Treasury is ready to go, additional legislation may be sought. There is great consensus on this. Turkey has asked that it not be done. Stay tuned!