I was surprised to find out that three Americans were killed in Syria as a result of a Muslim terrorist attack: "3 Americans Just Died for Syria". God have mercy on their souls.
Why were they there? And although I generally trust Trump on foreign policy matters, I don't get his playing nice with Syria's new ruler. Wheels within wheels, I suppose, but I doubt that the families of the two dead National Guardsmen and their civilian interpreter are going to be content with an amorphous generality like that.
He tried pulling troops in his first term, Mattis lied and disobeyed.
ReplyDeleteThey're probably still there from then.
I am with you though, we don't need troops there.
We should be sending jihadis and AKs, keep them busy there fighting each other, the way Allah intended.
I've read that this was an insider attack, and the terrorist was known to Syrian authorities as holding extremist (from our perspective) views.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, the Syrians did nothing about it.
As Syrian forces also continue to murder Christians, Druze, and other (ahem) "infidels", I seriously question Trump's decision to engage with the new Syrian "president".
If engagement with that thug is necessary, I prefer a JDAM. We need to get out of the Middle East, period.
Whups! One caveat: Get out of Syria.
DeleteContinue to support Israel, as they are not crazy.
Qatar, Saudia Arabia ... ... we really really need to be energy independent.