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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Lots of words on both sides. Trump promised to get us out of the middle east and he is trying to do that.
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SSG Robert Mark Odom
SSG Robert Mark Odom
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But look at the cost to to our country's reputation.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
MAJ Byron Oyler
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SSG Robert Mark Odom - Our reputation is as the world's bitch, no other way to put it and the only ugly stain Trump has done to our reputation is to say no more of that. Every where in the world US tax dollars pay for other's freedom, from Korea to Europe to the Middle East. We should not be spending a dime in Germany to keep forces there, we are the reason the Soviets never took the rest of that country. Same for South Korea and there is a good chance US forces in Saudi Arabia keep the Iranians from taking over. To hell with other's that use us as their military and bank.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Getting us out and abandoning allies are two different things. If his intent is to bring troops home why are we still in Japan?
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1SG Civil Affairs Specialist
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I can't fathom the logic of folks who say we should endlessly occupy space - largely wasteland - in order to prevent something bad from happening that may or may not even materialize. I don't think ISIS is coming back in the area. They might pull a Lazarus or have other entities out there re-brand themselves as ISIS, but ISIS as we know it are well and truly defeated.
There are over 200 factions actively engaged in combat in Syria, all with different ideas about what "winning" looks like. Picking a side to back has confounded two administrations for over six years now. The only realistic solutions in that country involve either a shitload more blood (likely) or a political rapproachment involving three or more of the big factions - Assad/ Govt forces (backed by Russia), Iranian backed militias (largely Hezbollah), Free Syrian Forces (backed by US), Al Qaeda/ Khorasan, Turkish-backed militias, and the Kurds. The ones with foreign patrons are unlikely to do so unless their patron-nations get together and do so. I don't see the US, Turkey, Russia, and Iran agreeing on much of anything, much less this. Those are pretty disparate national interests.

So blood it is, and shedding more American blood is the morally questionable choice.
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SSG Robert Mark Odom
SSG Robert Mark Odom
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SSG Robert Perrotto Thanks for commenting. I get your point.
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SSG Robert Perrotto
SSG Robert Perrotto
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1SG (Join to see) - Personally, I hope the Kurds give them hell, and make the political cost to Erdogan to high to bear. The US cannot actively support the Kurds against Turkey, but absolutely must condemn this act by Erdogan.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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So I gather you fathom the logic of troops still in Japan, Germany, England, etc.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - All of those countries have mutual defense treaties with the United States, and we are there at their invitation.
Big difference.
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SSG Orderly Room Ncoic
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While I feel for the Kurds, we need to ask ourselves a few questions. Why are we there and what are we trying to do. Did we accomplish it? If not, why not and how can we resolve it. If so, then why are we still there? I honestly think we've accomplished what we came to do, ISIS is a shadow of it's former self and has been all but forced underground. Keeping people in Syria isn't going to accomplish much of anything.

If anyone really cared, they would call for Kurdistan to be formed, but, some are worried about getting their political blue star for the day.
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