And the Syrian Clown Show Continues

US commander: US cannot back Syrian forces who align with Assad
The United States will have to sever its military assistance to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battling Daesh if the fighters partner with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or Russia, a senior US general said on Sunday, Reuters reports.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/2...nnot-back-syrian-forces-who-align-with-assad/

What a clown show. The Kurds were never part of the Rebel Opposition. They were never involved in trying to overthrow Assad. Now that the rebel opposition is gone .. and Syria is picking up the pieces trying to put the Country back together .. What on earth are the Kurds supposed to do ?

Another group that helped the USA - rammed up the backside.

 

Whatever the right thing to do in the ongoing Syria tragedy, you can bet your bottom dollar that the West will do the precise opposite.

 

The right thing to do would be to get the hell out of Syria.

 

And how long should the US stay in Syria?

 

The really right thing would've been for the stupid West not to have gone in in the first place.

 

You get no argument from me.

 

If you are American, i think it will be wrong to entirely leave the area that will become an Iranian Shia front base.

 

If you are American? If it does become a shia front Europe should worry about all the sunni refugees.

 

You are correct.
Front Europe first ... USA later

 

NATO can help front Europe.

 

NATO will not help .. Look at the tens of thousands Africans and Muslims which are entering Europe every month ..
It's not long till a green flag will be on Paris and Sweden's roof tops

 

Well, of course you would.

But you're over there, and we're over here. This makes you uncomfortable, and it makes the Kurds uncomfortable. That's precisely why they are going to work more closely with Assad and Iran.

I don't know what you're going to do. I suspect that you're going to be forced to abandon apartheid and, ultimately, Israel as a Jewish state.

 

The US should leave Syria immediately and we should never have been there to begin with - nor should we have armed Al Qaeda and ISIS with tens of thousands of tons of sophisticated military equipment -and act which has led to the death of over 500,000 people, the refugee crisis, and the rise of the modern incarnation of ISIS.

This however, has little to do with the point being made in the OP. We do not need to remain in Syria to continue to support the Kurds. What is preposterous nonsense is the rational - that the Kurds are trying to ensure their existence by working with the Gov't in the nation in which they live .. working with the side that won the war - should not stop the US from helping the Kurd's.

 

The Kurds are certainly the ones holding the short end of the stick. They want a homeland where they can live in peace, and likely Assad is the only one who can help them do that.

They have already learned what the Native American tribes learned back in the 19th century--the government in Washington DC speaks with forked tongue, almost always.

 

I am an american, and they are irrelevant to my life, and everyone else who lives in america, if one is an average americans.

I am astounded that some americans are concerned as you are, about things that really are non of your business.

But I got this neighbor who wants to make the business of others, his business. That is bad enough, but syria isn't our neighbor, and that makes the concern....utterly insane.

 

A more geographic example would be during the first war in Iraq under Bush Sr. We dropped leaflets telling the Shia to rise up and take out Saddam. Iraq was a "no fly zone". The Shia rose up. Bush then rescinded the "no fly" status and Saddam was then able to slaughter the revolutionaries with planes and helicopter gunships. It is not like the ME has forgotten this.

 

Would you rather it be a Sunni front base ? I would rather have Shia in control than Sunni. Better yet - for the Syrian People - would be for Assad to be in control.

 

What's the "you" stuff? And Israel's been taking care of the Arabs since 1948.

 

Seen MGB around, pretty clear that he's Israeli. I'm American. Our interests are not the same.

The relative strength of surrounding Islamic states vis a vis Israel has changed significantly since then. More importantly, the relationship between Turkey and the West has changed significantly since then.

 

What ? Who ? YOU ?? Israel ? forced to abandon ??
I live in Belgium.
My Arab friends here call me "Christian Zionist"
What are we gonna do with those pro Arabo Islamo Jihado stupidos ?

 

Hee hee.
If Trump keeps immediately withdrawing we will soon have 3 or 4 thousand troops there.

 

I'm a Brit, but it's their 'neck of the woods', not ours. Why the hell should we care what they do, or what they become, provided we have Embassies to keep an eye on stuff, like munitions development/testing etc. which could threaten our security. How many times have we come unstuck by interfering in the arrogant belief that 'we know what's best for them'? We don't know what's best for them . . . we don't even know what's best for ourselves??

 

The US is given grief over every military action they take on foreign soil with calls of Yankee go home. Until they announce a withdrawal and suddenly it's the US has to stay to keep things stabilized.

 

Iran has been in Syria since the 80’s.

 

Not sure what this has to do with arming the Kurds but .. OK