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Behind the Scenes of the Mattis Bombshell: More Resignations Expected after 'Protest' Exit

posted by martyb on Monday December 31 2018, @05:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-a-wicked-web-we-weave dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation, which shocked Washington’s national security establishment and rattled America’s allies, was sealed in a fateful 18-hour period that saw President Trump resolve to withdraw troops from Syria – alarming Pentagon officials who see America’s role in the region as crucial." foxnews.com/politics/behind-the-scenes-of-the-mattis-bombshell-more-resignations-expected-after-protest-exit

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 31 2018, @06:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 31 2018, @06:41PM (#780343)

    I had read that the Kurds had recently declared Mission Accomplished over ISIS. The expected endgame then was that Erdoğan was going to turn against the Kurds. That would put the US between a NATO party on one side, and a partner of convenience on the other side. Turkey is much more important to US geostrategic politics, so the question was when the US would withdraw. If they withdrew during Turkish operations, the US' already minuscule credibility with oppressed peoples that could be used as insurgents in a conflict would have completely evaporated. So the least bad decision: leave Syria and a couple of weapons with the Kurds.

    Obviously Mattis was against that, but I wonder who were contrary advisers in Trump's cabinet.

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