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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, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday January 01 2019, @01:06AM (4 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday January 01 2019, @01:06AM (#780463) Journal

    I don't know how it makes sense to continue an American presence in Syria. It only risks dragging the US into a third war in the middle east in 20 years. The Turks want to beat on the PKK for a while and possibly re-establish hegemony in the region. The Peshmurga don't have any love for ISIS, Assad, or Turkey and want their own country for once. Assad wants to survive. The hairball of that region is going to go round and round and round like it has ceaselessly for thousands of years, so let them at it and let the rest of us walk away.

    The position of the Democrats on this is more proof that we're living in upside-down world. They're the ones that want to restart the Cold War by going hawkish on Russia, a greatly diminished echo of what they were in that period? They're the ones who want more war in the Middle East? They have re-made themselves into a caricature of who the neocon Republicans were, except nobody can look at figures like Nancy Pelosi bristling with righteous anger and feel anything but the pity we all feel when we see Keith Richards squeeze himself into leather pants. That is, it's ridiculously fake. Further, it quite exposes who the Democrats work for, and it is not the American people at all.

    It also exposes the top bureaucrats in DC who want war, war, war. They don't any of them serve the American people at all.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 01 2019, @02:59AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 01 2019, @02:59AM (#780503) Journal

    I don't know how it makes sense to continue an American presence in Syria.

    Just like it didn't make sense to continue an American presence in Iraq, until ISIS dragged the US into a war in Iraq and Syria?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @05:42AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @05:42AM (#780557)

      ... until ISIS dragged the US into a war in Iraq and Syria...

      ...with USA [independent.co.uk] provided [bbc.com] weapons [wired.com]? Yeah, makes perfect sense.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 01 2019, @01:57PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 01 2019, @01:57PM (#780616) Journal
        Does it really make "perfect sense"? My car went through your store window because I didn't fix my bad brakes. So I don't have to pay for your repairs, and can continue to drive that car as is? It'd be nice if countries tried to fix the mistakes they made more often.

        And it's worth noting here that US/Saudi Arabia-provided weapons don't have this magic power to force their users to attack US allies. ISIS would have invaded Iraq anyway because that is what they chose to do.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @06:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @06:27AM (#780559)

    And Trump is powerless to stop them when they have the military. Watch the Runaway.