Standoff: U.S. troops block Russian forces from capturing Syrian oil field

https://www.washingtontimes.com ^ | January 21, 2020 | Ben Wolfgang

[Trumpisourlastchance]

Israel said we stay. There’s nothing to debate.

[oincobx]

Obviously fake news, since we pulled out of Syria long ago.

From December 29, 2018:
President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to the military campaign.

[sockmonkey]

*** Obviously fake news, since we pulled out of Syria long ago.***

I assume you were being sarcastic. I know young guys from Ft Hood who were deployed to Syria last month.

[PIF]

Losing contact with one of your units

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That’s not the point of jamming. And the Russian have A2/AD missile systems around those positions, all of which are mobile, so it comes down to the tech that works and luck.

Russian tech, contrary to the meme often presented here, is generally good and, in some cases, better than ours.

[NorseViking]

The funny thing if you’d asked several years ago any of local russophobes why do they hate the Russians the majority wouldn’t have come with any other idea that a Russian opposition to the Second Iraq War.
But then what was the base of Russian objections.
First they said there is no evidence Saddam involved in 9/11 then there is no WMD and last but not least they said it would destibilize the region empower the terrorists and Iran. Now tell me who are the idiots 15+ years later.