hi Mr. Holmes!
So US officials were lying and hiding US Troops Numbers in Mid East and Syria from the Trump Admin. Because they didn't want to withdrawal , quite the war mongers eh?
i made it through all two sentences of the OP, my friend. i read it.
it seems to be that the TS is suggesting that the "Deep State" (in this case it would involve a sitting US Senator, a US diplomat, and an outgoing Sec of Defense) were warmongers for keeping troops in the region - and they were super sneaky about it by hiding the true number of troops that were stationed in Syria from the POTUS.
my contention is that this is not entirely correct. the POTUS knew that US troops remained - and would remain for the forseeable future. i also think the TS pretty elides the actual reason that US troops were there.
am i missing something here?
- IGIT
From what i gathered so far they are keeping the Troops in Syria as a deterrence force, claiming that they hope with that Russians would leave Syria you honestly believe that Russians would allow to happen? after what happened in Libya? from business insider.
Instead, the small US military presence offers up a tripwire deterrence force, risking the lives of US troops to maintain remote areas of Syria as some kind of bargaining chip for a grand peace deal that shows no signs of materializing.
A grand peace deal that would allow probability of allowing Jihadists coming into power in Syria? will American troops leave Syria if Assad steps in and puts another Russian/Iranian pro person gets selected by the Assad gov officials in power? probably not.
Even if Trump does leave the white house and Biden admin gets in you think they will leave? the kurds wont like it if America chooses Turkey over them. Its a bit ironic coming from the Biden admin officials claiming that Trump failed the Kurds yet at the same time the Biden admin are trying to toy with two sides that have both different regional goals.
Again its a shame though i had always viewed the liberals in America "Democrats" as the anti war party and a party that would end endless wars.
It seems Biden admin would continue this trend in the middle east. I don't see how they will able to tip or change the outcome of the conflict when considering the Assad govt and its allies control the majority of the areas in Syria.
I truly wish that America would just withdraw from Syria completely. There is not much that they cant change the outcome as i mentioned. And i doubt that the Russians would leave Syria to America that easily.
I have been following the conflict for quite a while. I will be honest the mainstream news media has not been very honest when it comes to this war and conflict in Syria all they have been claiming to viewers is that "Opposition are moderates and are Pro Western Rebels" that isn't mostly true at all. Majority of rebels are foreign fighters.
Whatever happened to the actual rebels they have joined up with other groups. Again this conflict in Syria is far more complicated then what the MSM outlets are not telling you about.