Originally Posted By: elparquito
Don't think the boots on the ground were doing much, aside from advising. Our air-wing service people will still be there to drop bombs as needed.

Looks like it's Iran and Russia's problem now. Trump wasn't about to piss off his best-bud Putin. He just basically gave them Syria.

...not our problem until ISIS hops back in to Iraq from Syria.

Then it's our problem all over again. Which seems likely.


I hope this isn't a duplication. The power and internet went out temporarily from the crazy storm out there right now. But it's back.

Trump did that against the will of the military and the Senate. It leaves our most reliable ally (the Kurds) on their own against Russia, Syria and Turkey. They will now be toast. But as we all know Trump is famous for throwing people under the bus.

You're right it will just create a vacuum and the sh!t will just start over. This is a gift to Putin which just makes Trump's relationship with him even more suspect.

It would be nice if we could get the hell out the Middle East entirely but I doubt it will ever happen. We fell into the quagmire and it may not be possible to get completely out.


Edited by gooybob (12/20/18 12:46 PM)