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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDumb question, but I have to ask:
So, if we send ground troops to Syria, are they going to be fighting alongside Assad's troops? Or the non-ISIS rebels? Or are we just going to go in there and do our own thing, sort of like Rambo?
And if it's with Assad, I'm assuming it would also be with you know who........
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Administration.
At this point, three weeks in, does anyone really think Trump has any idea what he is doing?
Eugene
(61,893 posts)I suspect Vlad has a nasty surprise for him.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)real estate deals. Maybe "Trump Tower Mosul" is in the future!
Other than that, who knows? And Trumpy really doesn't care, as long as he gets something out of it. If the military becomes a reflection of Trumpy's thinking, they'll bus themselves into Syria and just maraud around with their weapons raised.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Congress will definitely take back their right to override the President in matters of war.
Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)First on CNN: Four U.S. military advisers wounded in Syria
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
Updated 9:14 PM ET, Mon June 20, 2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/politics/us-advisers-wounded-syria/index.html
Four U.S. military advisers were lightly wounded earlier this month in northern Syria by attackers who were believed to be part of ISIS, CNN has learned.
The Pentagon has not yet spoken publicly about the June 9 incident, but several defense officials told CNN it happened when an anti-tank round was fired close to the advisers' position and exploded a vehicle near them.
The troops suffered light shrapnel wounds and are believed to have returned to duty. The officials also did not immediately know if the troops involved returned fire at the attackers.
While the attackers are believed to be ISIS, the U.S. military is not certain of their identity.
The administration's official policy is that U.S. troops are in Syria and Iraq for training, advising and assisting local forces, but that their role is not to engage in combat. They have returned fire when attacked, and have in the past moved in to assist local forces when they are under fire.
On at least five occasions, American troops have either been wounded or killed in Iraq and Syria when faced with enemy fire while training and assisting U.S.-backed forces.
The Pentagon generally does not publicly disclose when troops are wounded, officials said. Because these incidents mainly involve U.S. special operations forces, the military does not want to disclose the specific locations in which they are operating, in hopes of keeping their locations secret from ISIS.
However, when troops are killed in action, there are policies that require the Pentagon to disclose the name of the killed service member and the location where it happened.
Defense officials also said they do not disclose specific information about the health status of individual troops who have been wounded due to privacy concerns. And the officials said they may not know of every incident in which troops fire their weapons at attackers because some incidents may not rise to the level of importance of being reported to the Pentagon.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)Of course, that all was under Obama, who didn't have boners for brutal strongmen like Assad and Putin.
Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)we have been there all along.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)All the real he-man masters of the universe know that considerations like which side you're on and the military objectives of an invasion are for libtard snowflakes! We're the United States of Under God America, and we act to create our own reality. The rest of you beta cucks just stand aside and watch us work. Trump über alles, baby!
global1
(25,246 posts)does the military really want to fight for this insane narcissist and risk getting injured or killed because he wants to look tough and keep a campaign promise?