Islamic State Supporters Escape in Syria as US Pulls Back

[tulc]

Islamic State Supporters Escape in Syria as US Pulls Back

Hundreds of Islamic State supporters escaped from a holding camp in northern Syria on Sunday amid heavy clashes between invading Turkish-led forces and Kurdish fighters, and President Donald Trump ordered all U.S. troops to withdraw from the north to avoid getting caught in the fighting.

The twin developments reflected the rapidly growing chaos in Syria in the week since Trump ordered American forces in the region to step aside, leaving the Kurds wide open to attack from Turkey.

A U.S. military official said that the situation was “deteriorating rapidly.” The official, who was not authorized to disclose operational details and spoke on condition of anonymity, said U.S. troops on the ground were unable to travel on the ground without a “high risk” of confrontation with Turkey-backed forces.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the approximately 1,000 U.S. troops in Syria are not leaving the country entirely but are trying to avoid becoming embroiled in the conflict.

“In the last 24 hours, we learned that they (the Turks) likely intend to expand their attack further south than originally planned — and to the west,” he added.

tulc(wonders if anyone could have predicted that this would happen?)

 

[timewerx]

Why does it seem like every action Turkey+USA+ME coalition seem to help the ISIS in some way and hurt the good folks????

It's been like that since 2015!!

 

[Dave-W]

Why does it seem like every action Turkey+USA+ME coalition seem to help the ISIS in some way and hurt the good folks????

It's been like that since 2015!!

Who among the policy makers are praying for God’s wisdom?

 

[timewerx]

Who among the policy makers are praying for God’s wisdom?

I don't think anyone does

It's almost hilarious to think one time, the withrawing troops left their equipment behind and the ISIS got millions of dollars worth of high tech American equipment including combat vehicles for free.

And another time they armed local militia which coincidentally included ISIS fighters.

You can almost think their actions were intentional :/ I think that was the time when Obama was still president.

It's ironic that under Trump, the results are similar.

 

[Sketcher]

Who among the policy makers are praying for God’s wisdom?

Not Trump.
Donald J. Trump on Twitter

As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!).