10-24-2019, 10:27 AM
** 24-Oct-2019 World View: Ethnic massacres in Syria
There have been American troops in Syria for ten years. And yet, Bashar
al-Assad has been continuously committing genocide and ethnic cleansing,
using barrel bombs, chlorine gas, Sarin gas and all the rest of it,
millions of Syrians have fled into neighboring countries, including over
a million into Europe, and as you say there are ethnic massacres still
going on.
So what the hell was the point of sending troops in in the first place?
Well, I suppose we had to fight al-Qaeda and ISIS. But is there any
other purpose?
Are we really supposed to keep thousands of troops in Syria because
some Kurdish politicians are trying to gain leverage by referencing
an imaginary American commitment to protect them forever?
These groups have been killing each other for centuries, and will
continue to do so. American troops are not relevant. Why not just
let them kill each other?
utahbob Wrote:> John, I called this a few years ago, when I was in uniform. I said
> this happened in the past in other areas of the globe and it will
> happen again. These people have memories that go back generations
> and they will settle scores, real or imagined. I hate to say there
> will be ethnic massacres and with ISIS holed up they will fight to
> the death and their message will be perversely glorified.
> https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-wo...story.html
There have been American troops in Syria for ten years. And yet, Bashar
al-Assad has been continuously committing genocide and ethnic cleansing,
using barrel bombs, chlorine gas, Sarin gas and all the rest of it,
millions of Syrians have fled into neighboring countries, including over
a million into Europe, and as you say there are ethnic massacres still
going on.
So what the hell was the point of sending troops in in the first place?
Well, I suppose we had to fight al-Qaeda and ISIS. But is there any
other purpose?
Are we really supposed to keep thousands of troops in Syria because
some Kurdish politicians are trying to gain leverage by referencing
an imaginary American commitment to protect them forever?
These groups have been killing each other for centuries, and will
continue to do so. American troops are not relevant. Why not just
let them kill each other?
