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Liberal In Red State

(442 posts)
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:27 PM Mar 2017

More-war-marines-just-arrived-syria-help

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/03/more-war-marines-just-arrived-syria-help

A couple hundred Marines have deployed into Syria with heavy artillery guns, as part of the ongoing preparation for the fight to oust the Islamic State group from its self-declared headquarters of Raqqa, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.

The deployment is temporary. But it is likely an early indication that the White House is leaning toward giving the Pentagon greater flexibility to make routine combat decisions in the IS fight. Military commanders frustrated by what they considered micromanagement under the previous administration have argued for greater freedom to make daily decisions on how best to fight the enemy.


Buckle up! dRump has started his war games!
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More-war-marines-just-arrived-syria-help (Original Post) Liberal In Red State Mar 2017 OP
when you think about it any engagements okieinpain Mar 2017 #1
WTF!!! Doesn't Syria have their own military? yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #2
I hope Russian military doesn't bomb them. Ilsa Mar 2017 #3
This is a setup to give dRump what will appear as a military victory! His minions will cheer and all Liberal In Red State Mar 2017 #4
That coupled with a full up Airborne Brigade in Kuwait doesn't sound like an exercise bigbrother05 Mar 2017 #5

okieinpain

(9,397 posts)
1. when you think about it any engagements
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:40 PM
Mar 2017

will go pretty easy because our troops will be used to back up syria's army now that putin is running things.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
2. WTF!!! Doesn't Syria have their own military?
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:41 PM
Mar 2017

So sick of fixing other countries. Yes we screwed Iraq and Afghanistan. Syria screwed up themselves somehow. Sick of this.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
3. I hope Russian military doesn't bomb them.
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:50 PM
Mar 2017

Their military doesn't give a crap about collateral damage. Americans are in as much danger from russian troops as they are from ISIS.

4. This is a setup to give dRump what will appear as a military victory! His minions will cheer and all
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:59 PM
Mar 2017

the Russian interference in our election will be in the back burner. Press will be imbedded and sound the drum beat that it is unAmerican to not support the troops when they are in harms way. A triumph over ISIL no matter how big or small will show that dRump is a leader with big ba$$!

All protests from the liberals will be drowned out! This douchbag will survive again and the left will not put up a fight.

This orange a$$ is the biggest Benedict Arnold since Benedict Arnold and neither the CIA nor the FBI will stop him now. Where were they when all the Russian meetings were going on before and during the election????

This gets more and more depressing by the day!

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