Also Texas Fossil: I am not a neocon
Posted on 05/09/2020 7:53:04 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
U.S. Special Operation Forces led a Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operation against an Islamic State cell in Syria in response to increased ISIS attacks in the region. The combined operation resulted in the capturing of an ISIS leader responsible for the recent attacks in the Deir el-Zour countryside.
Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), the U.S.-led coalition in Syria and Iraq, released a statement by spokesman Colonel Myles Caggins on Thursday highlighting the mission’s success and announcing the capture of the unnamed ISIS leader. Yet, he didn’t add much more regarding the operation in the Deir el-Zor region.
The SDF tweeted that the operation took place in a rural area of Deir el-Zor province in the village of Azzir. CJTF-OIR supports the SDF, which is mostly comprised of Kurds from the People’s Protection Units (YPG). The SDF also includes Arabs and Syrian Christians in its multi-ethnic force.
In the initial assault, coalition forces inserted by helicopters and then troops stormed a house. Two ISIS fighters blew themselves up to avoid being captured while an Iraqi ISIS fighter was arrested according to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, (SOHR).
As the region is being hit hard by the coronavirus, ISIS has become more aggressive and is trying to rebuild its strength.
Last October, Delta Force conducted a daring raid that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS
Yet, the U.S. special representative for Syria, Ambassador James Jeffrey, stated that “We do not believe that ISIS has been able to exploit seriously the COVID crisis to advance in the northeast [of Syria].”
“The area around Deir el-Zour is, as we say these days, a hot spot. We’re watching that closely, but we are confident that we have it under control,” he added.
Lieutenant Colonel Savannah Halleaux of the coalition’s Special Operations Joint Task Force, said, “there is an increase in Daesh activity this time of year, but that activity is significantly diminished compared to this time in 2019.”
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I am not a Neocon.
Of course you are. Like Trump says, we’ve p-ssed away $8 trillion on your neocon Middle East wars while our own country has gone to pot, our infrastructure falling apart
And the genuine national security threat from a Chinese virus you neocons ignored, too busy with your useless wasteful Middle East wars
I have ZERO interest in arguing with you.
It is totally unimportant what you think about me. This is not the place for name calling.
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This is not the place for name calling.
I agree. Thank goodness that many conservatives have woken up to the insanity of the George Bush-Dick Cheney-John McCain mentality that wants us fighting in the Middle East. It’s INSANITY.
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It’s unlikely he will survive for long. At best a dead man walking.
*** Great. More neocon war games.***
Yep, games. We are building two US bases in Deir Ezzor Province.
Russia, who is an invited ally of the legitimate Syrian Government is also building two.
PMU, and others have published video of US helicopters ferrying ISIS headchoppers from Syria to Iraq. Smoke, mirrors, lies.
So much for the no more regime change, out of Syria lies from the Person I supported and voted for in the last election.
Also Texas Fossil: I am not a neocon
“It is NOT about keeping the oil (we totally don’t need it)”
Strategically, the flow of revenue from that oil will perpetually strengthen whichever element controls it. It is in our long term interest that it be in the hands of those friendly to the USA, rather than our enemies.
I really think that we will benefit greatly by providing Diplomatic Top Cover, and Modest Spec Ops and military advisor support to the Kurds in the medium to long term, because the ISIS threat is not just a fleeting organization. ISIS was just a temporary expression of the strong Wahhabi ideology that is deeply ingrained in my of the Arab tribal members in the Deir ez Zour area. Those tribes will need to be effectively policed for the medium and long term, to prevent their military re-emergence.
Russia, Iran, or Turkey and its jihadi surrogates would all put the oil revenues at least partially to work against the interests of the USA and our allies. It is important that our friends be the beneficiaries of that long term revenue. They will need all the resources they can get, to succeed in that bad neighborhood.
Thank you. Totally agree on all points.
You and I have been watching this mess a long time. With ups and downs.
The situation in Iran is very very bad. Otherwise they would not be pulling out of Syria (are probably not totally pulling out). But they are hurt very bad economically, financially and militarialy now. Israel’s air strikes, Oil collapse, Covid19 (heavy damage even to leadership) and the Russian’s backing away. (You can never trust Russia, they partner so often with really bad elements.)
Total economic collapse in Iran with a revolution might be the best possible outcome. But, I’m not sure what other bad element would take over. The “opposition” are somewhat radical muslim too. Certainly an improvement, but not as western leaning as the Kurds and allies in N. Syria.
What makes me sick is the press coverage of this. I just hate what the smug pukes do to news. Totally detached from reality.
That detachment from reality is even strong in the coverage of the Covid19 news. What a bunch of crap.
The virus is bad, but the press has turned it into a global economic disaster. They scared the world to death, cringing in the basement, contemplating their naval, saying “Oh No” over and over all day.
In Texas, we refuse to set on our hands. We are going on with our lives. That won’t fix the oil price collapse, but we will dig out of this mess.
Good side? I’ve got a great new bride, a wheat crop to harvest, a house at the farm to finish remodel on, and then 2 houses to put on the market. So much to do and so little time (and paying for all of that, smile).
If they send him to Iraq? They will kill him.
I don’t know what will happen to him if the leave him in Syria. The groups in N. Syria do not kill them. They are a burden to keep in jail. They are less problem dead than alive. So, Iraq might be the final destination.
Turkey would turn them loose, or put them on their payroll.
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