{"id":180883,"date":"2018-12-21T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=180883"},"modified":"2018-12-24T06:02:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T06:02:41","slug":"why-trump-decided-to-remove-u-s-troops-from-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=180883","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump Decided To Remove U.S. Troops From Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moon of Alabama \u2013 Dec 20, 2018<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Last Friday President Trump had another long phonecall with the Turkish President Erdogan. Thereafter he overruled all his advisors and decided to remove the U.S. boots from Syria<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and to also end the air war<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was the first time Trump took a decisive stand against the borg<\/a>, the permanent neoconservative and interventionist establishment in his administration, the military and congress, that usually dictates U.S. foreign policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was this decision, and that he stuck to it, which finally made him presidential.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton, his Secretary of Defense ‘mad dog’ Mattis and his Secretary of State Pompeo were all against this decision. The specialist working on Syria, the lunatic<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (vid) special representative for Syria engagement James Jefferey and Brett McGurk, the special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat ISIS, were taken by surprise. They had worked diligently to install a permanent U.S. presence in a Kurdish ruled proxy state in northeast Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n

While these people first tried to change Trump’s decision, their resistance has now ceased<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton met Monday, when Trump was said to formally decide on a US withdrawal from Syria. Multiple US officials argued against an abrupt US withdrawal, but were said to have given up trying to get Trump to change his mind by Tuesday night<\/strong>. US officials began to notify allies of the decision Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe push back from DOD, State and NSC stopped [Tuesday] night,\u201d said one regional expert who consults with the US administration, referring to the Department of Defense, the State Department and the National Security Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in January we already explained why the neoconservative project of a Kurdish proxy state in northeast Syria was doomed<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from its start:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ilhan tanir @WashingtonPoint – 7:50 PM – 24 Jan 2018<\/a><\/span>
\n This map being discussed all day on Turkish TVs as Turkey\u2019s planned security zone\/safe zone on Syria border.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reportedly OK\u2019ed by Sec.Tillerson though nobody on the American side confirms it<\/span><\/p>\n

Cont. reading: Why Trump Decided To Remove U.S. Troops From Syria<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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