10-16-2019, 12:59 PM
(10-15-2019, 12:25 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(10-14-2019, 11:27 AM)David Horn Wrote: The purpose of our small force in the region, and our commitment to the Kurds, was to keep ISIS in check, and the two large warring factions from burning the place to the ground. Now we're out and, I suspect, the carnage will grow exponentially -- unless DJT gives Putting the relief from sanctions he wants so desperately.
If so, with the Islamic State gone, there wasn't any point to keeping the troops there. I don't know which two large factions you're talking about, but why should our troops die instead of them?
The Islamic State isn't gone, just the caliphate. IS is still there and will regenerate quickly. The factions are the Turks, and their natural allies, and the Iranians and theirs. The Russians are just in it for the money, but yes, they qualify as a faction too.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.
