Here it comes: Syria
15,000 IS fighters to be released from prison camps there as their Kurdish fighter guards rush off to the battle lines...?
https://twitter.com/ignatiuspost/sta...233904128?s=21
.........I'm also told that Turkish attack appears coordinated with the Russians. Russian-backed forces are mobilizing to invade the Kurdish area from the south — towards Tabqa and other spots. Meanwhile, ISIS is mobilizing sleeper cells in Raqqa and attacks have taken place tonight.
.........I'm also told that Turkish attack appears coordinated with the Russians. Russian-backed forces are mobilizing to invade the Kurdish area from the south — towards Tabqa and other spots. Meanwhile, ISIS is mobilizing sleeper cells in Raqqa and attacks have taken place tonight.
Saudi's and Qatari's are out, to the east is Iraq who have scores to settle, to the is SAA who will not be taking any prisoners or there are the Kurds or Turks.
Armed invaders supported by the West and GCC, few will return home and nobody will care.
where are they going to go ?
Saudi's and Qatari's are out, to the east is Iraq who have scores to settle, to the is SAA who will not be taking any prisoners or there are the Kurds or Turks.
Armed invaders supported by the West and GCC, few will return home and nobody will care.
Saudi's and Qatari's are out, to the east is Iraq who have scores to settle, to the is SAA who will not be taking any prisoners or there are the Kurds or Turks.
Armed invaders supported by the West and GCC, few will return home and nobody will care.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Guantanamo?
Politico:
“two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages and was known as ‘The Beatles’ have been moved out of a detention center in Syria and are in American custody,” AP reported.
Trump confirmed that via Twitter, writing: “In case the Kurds or Turkey lose control, the United States has already taken the 2 ISIS militants tied to beheadings in Syria, known as the Beetles [sic], out of that country and into a secure location controlled by the U.S. They are the worst of the worst!”
Politico:
“two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages and was known as ‘The Beatles’ have been moved out of a detention center in Syria and are in American custody,” AP reported.
Trump confirmed that via Twitter, writing: “In case the Kurds or Turkey lose control, the United States has already taken the 2 ISIS militants tied to beheadings in Syria, known as the Beetles [sic], out of that country and into a secure location controlled by the U.S. They are the worst of the worst!”
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I think you're definition of "extreme left" is possibly not quite the same as most poster here................
I think you're definition of "extreme left" is possibly not quite the same as most poster here................
I find it odd that people watch fox news opinion shows, as their evenings entertainment.
I'd like Trump to get a second term. I don't think all Americans have learnt their lesson yet.
I'd like Trump to get a second term. I don't think all Americans have learnt their lesson yet.
Your last sentence got a wry grin out of me.
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So the Kurds have joined forces with the Syrian army to repel the Turks.
So you now have Russia supporting one side while actively seeking to support the other, how does that work?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901
So you now have Russia supporting one side while actively seeking to support the other, how does that work?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901
Nice proxy war for them? The Russians get to try out their weaponry against Turkish equipment?
Surely though the Syrian army will hold back and watch the Kurds getting cut down to size for a while as the Turks using precision weapons take out their ammunition and weapons dumps.
Surely though the Syrian army will hold back and watch the Kurds getting cut down to size for a while as the Turks using precision weapons take out their ammunition and weapons dumps.
So the Kurds have joined forces with the Syrian army to repel the Turks.
So you now have Russia supporting one side while actively seeking to support the other, how does that work?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901
So you now have Russia supporting one side while actively seeking to support the other, how does that work?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901
Unlike Turkey, Syria has not tried to crush their Kurdish minority, so given no other choice, the Kurds will opt for Syria.
If there was any US national interest in Syria, it is not easily discernible, so Trump should be applauded for cutting the loss.
How do you extracate your nukes from an ally who's no longer quite on your side?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...syria-invasion
JAS
An estimated 50 nuclear bombs stored at a US airbase in Turkey have become potential bargaining chips in the tense relationship between Washington and Ankara in the wake of the Turkish offensive into Syria.
JAS
How do you extracate your nukes from an ally who's no longer quite on your side?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...syria-invasion
JAS
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...syria-invasion
JAS
I'd think no sensible leader would have left them there after kicking Turkey out of the F-35 program.
Jpost would not give me time to read the article before they asked me twice to subscribe. I am backing out. It seems to be a rehash of recent events anyway, surely not worthy of such large capital letters, ORAC!
What was the *realistic* end state that anyone had in mind for the Syrian Kurds? Those hoping for a new state to be carved out of NE Syria were always going to be disappointed given that such an outcome would have been directly against the interests of the three neighbouring states, plus the Iranians, plus all other states worried about secessionist movements. A small landlocked state surrounded by unfriendly neighbours would have needed perpetual outside assistance to remain independent: not an attractive proposition to the US or anyone else. And that’s assuming the Russians and Chinese agreed to new borders being drawn as a result of US assistance: highly unlikely, to put it mildly.
The very most the Kurds should have been aiming for was an autonomous region with Syrian regime border protection. By waiting until a crisis to make their approach to Assad, they’ve lost practically all the leverage they should have had in negotiating a settlement. So if the Americans are to be criticised, IMHO it’s for giving the Kurds the impression that any other end state was ever on the table.
The Kurds were certainly screwed over in the creation of the modern Middle East, but the ‘winners’ of that imperial line-drawing affair have little reason to give up the century-old status quo, least of all to assuage Western remorse.
The very most the Kurds should have been aiming for was an autonomous region with Syrian regime border protection. By waiting until a crisis to make their approach to Assad, they’ve lost practically all the leverage they should have had in negotiating a settlement. So if the Americans are to be criticised, IMHO it’s for giving the Kurds the impression that any other end state was ever on the table.
The Kurds were certainly screwed over in the creation of the modern Middle East, but the ‘winners’ of that imperial line-drawing affair have little reason to give up the century-old status quo, least of all to assuage Western remorse.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rces-on-border
Oleg Blokhin, a Russian journalist usually attached to mercenaries in Syria, posted a video on social media on Tuesday from a deserted US military base in the village of al-Saadiya, near Manbij. “They [the US] were here yesterday, we are here today,” he said. “Now we’ll see how they were living and what they were doing.”
Russian troops patrol between Turkish and Syrian forces on border
Russian units have begun patrolling territory separating Turkish-backed Syrian rebels from the Syrian army around the flashpoint town of Manbij in north-east Syria, in a clear sign that Moscow has become the de facto power broker in the region after the evacuation of US troops.Oleg Blokhin, a Russian journalist usually attached to mercenaries in Syria, posted a video on social media on Tuesday from a deserted US military base in the village of al-Saadiya, near Manbij. “They [the US] were here yesterday, we are here today,” he said. “Now we’ll see how they were living and what they were doing.”