Syrian Hmong

[Dill]

(10-22-2019, 11:48 AM)GMDino Wrote: Syria critic Lindsey Graham reverses stance, says Trump's policy could succeed

In an interview with Fox News, Graham said a conversation he had with Trump over the weekend had fueled his optimism that a solution could be reached where the security of Turkey and the Kurds was guaranteed and fighters from Islamic State contained.
“I am increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions in Syria that have eluded us for years if we play our cards right,” Graham said on “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Graham said Trump was prepared to use U.S. air power over a demilitarized zone occupied by international forces, adding that the use of air power could help ensure Islamic State fighters who had been held in the area did not “break out.”

Air power will keep the imprisoned ISIS fighters in detention.  No doubt about that.

MEANWHILE  The consequences of abandoning our surest allies in the Middle East, the very lynch pin of the Levant, continues to snarl ME policy as our not so sure "allies" abandon us.  Like we were KURDS or something . . . .

Iraq: American Troops Leaving Syria Cannot Stay in Iraq
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-10-22/iraq-american-troops-leaving-syria-cannot-stay-in-iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraq's military said Tuesday as American forces continued to pull out of northern Syria after Turkey's invasion of the border region.

The statement appears to contradict U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has said that under the current plan, all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military would continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence in the region.