[Texas Fossil]

We are still there in Syria. I'm not excited about our Ambassador James Jeffrey, but what we are doing is having positive effect. It is NOT about keeping the oil (we totally don't need it). This is a strategic thing to cripple the Iranian threat, prevent destruction of the oil facilities and prevent Russia from taking them over completely. In doing that to try to bring stability to the area around our allies in Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

You would never get that from the News Media (propaganda).

I continue to pray that stability and security eventually settle around the Kurds, Arab allies and Syriac Christians in N. Syria. In spite of the destabilizing effect of Turkey and their ISIS (Islamist) terrorist friends.

Israel has put in place powerful attacks on Iranian Militia's in Syria (reports say they are leaving Syria). Iran is suffering badly from Covid19. The bottom has fallen out of oil prices, which is badly damaging Iran's ability to spread terror. And the opposition in Iran are growing stronger inside Iran. Desperation bring unpredictable acts. This is coming to a head soon.

[Texas Fossil]

Syria Ping!

[Rappini]

I’m glad we’re still with the Kurds.

[marktwain]

It is NOT about keeping the oil (we totally don't need it).

Can you give a good reason why we should not keep the oil as spoils of war, or if you like, as compensation for the costs of liberation?

[Dusty Road]

Any time someone mentions it’s about the oil, just ask them how much we got?

[Alas Babylon!]

Create Kurdistan now!

Aside from Israel, the Kurds are our only REAL ally in the entire Middle East.

[caww]

.....” resulted in the *capturing of an ISIS leader”.....

Oh good...he’ll be sharing information!

[rintintin]

Great. More neocon war games.

While we’ve been blowing $8 trillion on neocon crusades and war games in the Middle East, we ignored the virus from China that has killed 70k Americans and brought our economy to its knees.

Thanks for nothing neocons!!

[bert]

Bibi and whats his name have formed a government that is surely much stronger than before. Bibi now has the political power consolidated to permit active attack on the diminished Iranian forces .

One wonders if such power actually benefits Syria by killing the Iranian cancer.

One wonders if the law suits against Bibi are still alive

[sauropod]

Certainly pray so. Iran needs to be taken down.

[BeauBo]

“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.