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Several hundred marines have deployed into Syria with artillery guns, as part of the ongoing preparation for the fight to push ISIL out of its self-declared headquarters of Raqqa, a Pentagon spokesman has confirmed.
The marines are pre-positioning howitzers to be ready to assist local Syrian forces, according to US officials.
The deployment is temporary. But it could be an indication that the White House is leaning towards giving the Pentagon greater flexibility to make routine combat decisions in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS).
[...] In addition, the US is preparing to send up to 1,000 troops to Kuwait to be ready to join the ISIL fight if they are needed, officials said. [...] The latest troop movements come on the heels of the recent temporary deployment of some dozens of army forces to the outskirts of Manbij, Syria, in what the Pentagon called a "reassure and deter" mission.
[...] Under the existing limits put in place by the Obama administration, the military can have up to 500 US forces in Syria, although temporary personnel do not count against the cap.
The special operations fighters are ostensibly there to train and assist the Syrian Democratic Forces, an umbrella group of Kurdish and Arab fighters that have proven to be a key ground asset in the US-led coalition's battle against ISIL.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/marines-syria-170309014847784.html
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday March 12 2017, @10:06PM
Au contraire. It is you that have provided no evidence.
You quote portions of emails that discuss *policy decisions* and then assert (without any evidence) that those policy decisions were specifically for Clinton's benefit. As to the quality and results of those decisions, that's a different discussion.
I repeat. The only *factual* evidence you've provided is that certain policy decisions were made (those decisions are nothing new, nor are they particularly interesting) and assigned your own biases to the reasoning behind those decisions. Do you understand, or should I use smaller words?
As for the google links I presented, they include many *documented* examples of Trump stiffing those to whom he owes money, countless examples of his outrageous lies and misrepresentations designed to stroke his own ego, and many examples of Trump making it quite clear that what's important to Donald Trump is three things:
1. Donald Trump
2. Donny Hairboy
3. Cheeto Jesus
Anything else (like the well being of the United States, it's people and the rest of the planet) comes in a distant fourth at best.
Please take a moment to be cognizant of the difference between your biased interpretations of the facts and the facts themselves.
Have a lovely day!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr