Joint Chiefs chairman was in the dark about Trump Syria pullout: report

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was not aware of President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria until after it was made Wednesday, The Washington Post reported.

Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. was not involved in the meeting with Trump in which he made the decision and was left in the dark until after the meeting, according to the Post, citing several sources familiar with the matter.

The decision angered many Republicans in Congress. The Pentagon initially had no comment on media reports that the U.S. was withdrawing troops.

Trump on Wednesday announced his decision to remove U.S. troops from Syria, claiming that the U.S. had defeated the Islamic State ...

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/422229-joint-chiefs-chairman-was-in-the-dark-about-trump-syria-pullout-until-after-it

[Sunny Daze]

1. Looks as if he consulted with no one except Putin before making his grand twitter announcement.

[left-of-center2012]

2. Trump knows more than the generals?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Total tRumpian incompetence. . . . nt

[pangaia]

4. "The decision angered many Republicans in Congress. "

Maybe those assholes are starting to wake up... or just get scared for their own asses.... assholes, that is.

[karynnj]

5. Outrageous and I doubt he bothered to mention his plan to the coalition the US was in

against ISIS. The coalition that designed the plan to take back the land from ISIS and to help Iraqis (in Iraq) create the governence needed to make it less likely that they would accept a future wave of terorists. I was impressed that as they took back land, the US and Norway led the effort on demining the areas and money was pledged to help them rebuild. THAT was a transition plan that would give some chance of stabalizing the area.

Needless to say, remember when Raqqa fell and Trump tweeted how he created a better coalition, including countries in the region and how he did so much better than Obama, who did not do much against ISIS. (Other than actually creating that coalition - that did not include any new countries in 2017, getting Iraq to fight ISIS, and to regain many areas).

Like, leaving Paris and the Iran deal, creating multiple trade wars, fighting with NATO and actually alienating Canada -- this is Trump deserting the Western alliances. It is hard to believe that Trump has defacto allied us with Saudi Arabia, Russia and Turkey --- and he loves Kim Yung Un and his white nationalist base is on board.

[UpInArms]

7. Nicely summarized, thank you

eom

[machoneman]

6. Republiscum outrage will last a few days and then we will hear nothing. Maybe a few Senate inquiries

in 2019, nothing serious of course. Yawn!

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Reagan started Star Wars without consulting anyone

Never give a Puke a microphone.

Or oxygen.