Graham: Trump's Syria withdrawal a 'stain on the honor of the United States'
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/lindsey-graham-trump-syria-withdrawal-stain-honor/index.html
Withdrawal from Syria
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/lindsey-graham-trump-syria-withdrawal-stain-honor/index.html
In conversations over the past several days, top presidential advisers have counseled Trump that withdrawing personnel from Syria would amount to a retreat from the region and allow adversarial nations to gain influence. Those cautioning against a rapid and immediate withdrawal included Defense Secretary James Mattis, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Resistance to the move was strong among some in the administration. A senior administration official told CNN's Jake Tapper that the President's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria is "a mistake of colossal proportions and the President fails to see how it will endanger our country."
"Senior officials across the administration agree that the President's decision-by-tweet will recklessly put American and allied lives in danger around the world, take the pressure off of ISIS -- allowing them to reconstitute -- and hand a strategic victory to our Syrian, Iranian and Russian adversaries," the official said.
Diplomatic sources from two countries in the region said their countries were not consulted or informed, and described the news of the planned withdrawal as a "total surprise."
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement Thursday that the decision will provide room for the "revival of terrorism" and will create a "political and military vacuum."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/trump-syria-advisers-congress/index.html
Resistance to the move was strong among some in the administration. A senior administration official told CNN's Jake Tapper that the President's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria is "a mistake of colossal proportions and the President fails to see how it will endanger our country."
"Senior officials across the administration agree that the President's decision-by-tweet will recklessly put American and allied lives in danger around the world, take the pressure off of ISIS -- allowing them to reconstitute -- and hand a strategic victory to our Syrian, Iranian and Russian adversaries," the official said.
Diplomatic sources from two countries in the region said their countries were not consulted or informed, and described the news of the planned withdrawal as a "total surprise."
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement Thursday that the decision will provide room for the "revival of terrorism" and will create a "political and military vacuum."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/trump-syria-advisers-congress/index.html
Let me better qualify my response, I have an equal amount of respect for each of them, which is to say none.
LMAO! Hannity actually did a segment accusing others of being conspiracy theorists? That’s (Seth) Rich.
Are you in the CNN newsroom right now? How can you know all this stuff? lol you're on a roll today.
I don't know why any allies would trust America anymore, screwing the Kurds again. The military is pissed and his rubes just double down on stupid and defend whatever he does. Sends troops to the border for a stunt and pulls them out to appease his handler Putin. God help us.
We are now the world's #1 oil producer......don't need the Middle East anymore......[winking]
weak describes your reply. You can see no difference between us being there and not being there. well done.
Do you have this same response for the domestic terrorists or those that plan on killing Americans (American born)? If we know where they are, we know their plans, just drop a bomb on their house and be done with them.........
And by your definition, if the neighbors of the terrorists overseas that we just blow up and kill along with the terrorists, would that, by definition, be "terrorism" against them by the United States?
Yes......if people kill and murder innocents.....I would eliminate them in a heartbeat. Also if a country harbors "terrorists"" they are responsible for the consequences.
Trump is weak and America is an undependable "ally"... Putin is happy. ISIS is defeated!! We have won! shew This is what you get when you elect an uniformed real estate shyster as so called prez.
And the innocent son or daughter that is living with them that have no choice but to live with them, kill them too? Got it.
So it was the fault of the United States that we had Timothy McVeigh.....Got it.
False. Afghanistan is still not secure. We pull out of there and it’ll be like what happened in Iraq when dumb dumb pulled out of there to serve up meat to his ignorant base back in 2012.
Never said it was secure.......but......it will never be secure. And, as far as I'm concerned, it's not worth the American lives and resources. I'd rather spend the resources keeping terrorists out of our country......and NO...a wall is not the answer.
We aren’t losing a lot of lives there, man. No more than we would to DUI and training accidents if they weren’t deployed. By and large, we aren’t doing offensive ops there any more. We need another 15 years or so and that place will no longer be stuck in the dark ages. We have a generation of lunacy to overcome, and it takes time.
Afghanistan is pretty clearly his next move, imo. Hes going to oull out of there too. He's an isolationist, but worse he doesnt seem to care what anyone who knows what they are talking about has to say. I think he just hired Mattis because he wanted to brag about having a guy names Mad Dog on this staff at rallies.
I doubt Mattis sticks around much longer and that will be bad.
Mattis and joint chiefs said from the beginning that we needed to maintain a presence there. Period.
