Saturday, February 24, 2018

‘Get ISIS and go home’: Trump bucks Pentagon & State Dept. on ultimate US goal in Syria

 
President Donald Trump appeared to dash the hopes of interventionists and contradict his own administration officials, by declaring that US troops’ mission in Syria is limited to defeating ISIS and doesn’t include regime change.
“We're there for one reason: to get ISIS and get rid of ISIS, and to go home,” Trump said on Friday, during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the White House. “We’re not there for any other reason and we’ve largely accomplished our goal.”

While Trump did not hesitate to call the Syrian government “a humanitarian disgrace,” criticizing Russia and Iran for their involvement, his comments implied the US military also had no business in Syria beyond the 'ultimate' goal of defeating Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

More @ RT

2 comments:

  1. Who the Hell do they think they are?? Threats & blackmail:

    https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/02/23/us-using-extortion-to-block-russian-arms-sales-imagine-that/?utm_source=Feb+24%2C+2018&utm_campaign=VT+Newsletter&utm_medium=email

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    1. Really. Thanks.https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2018/02/us-warns-iraq-of-consequences-if-it.html

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