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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 01:38 PM Dec 2018

Netanyahu to Ask Pompeo to Slow Syria Pullback, Official Says

Source: Bloomberg News


By Jonathan Ferziger

December 31, 2018, 10:44 AM EST

Brazil interested in buying Israeli attack drones: official

Israeli premier is in Brazil for president’s inauguration


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to slow the pullback of U.S. troops from Syria, a senior Israeli official told reporters, speaking anonymously due to the sensitivity of the matter.

Netanyahu is in Brazil on a five-day trip to attend President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration Tuesday in Brasilia.

The official also said:

Bolsonaro is seeking to buy attack drones from Israel


Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-31/netanyahu-to-ask-pompeo-to-slow-syria-pullback-official-says



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Netanyahu to Ask Pompeo to Slow Syria Pullback, Official Says (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2018 OP
Hey Bibi... you fucking turd maxrandb Dec 2018 #1
And what's worse is the reason Bibi wants us there sandensea Dec 2018 #3
That's nonsense. Mosby Dec 2018 #7
It's not our job to beat up Israel's neighbors for them yurbud Dec 2018 #8
Houston we have a problem, watoos Dec 2018 #2
Unfortunately, Bibi has not bankrolled him for the last 20 years MaryMagdaline Dec 2018 #5
He's asking Pompeo? Pompeo was completely blindsided by 45's announcement MaryMagdaline Dec 2018 #4
So Bibi is not as enthusiastic about hastening the Rapture comradebillyboy Dec 2018 #6

maxrandb

(15,324 posts)
1. Hey Bibi... you fucking turd
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 01:46 PM
Dec 2018

Just book some rooms at a Donnie Short Fingers property and he'll keep the troops in Syria as long as you want.

sandensea

(21,627 posts)
3. And what's worse is the reason Bibi wants us there
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 02:08 PM
Dec 2018

He wants to annex Syria, or at least the southern half of it - and he wants us to make it happen for him.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
2. Houston we have a problem,
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 01:49 PM
Dec 2018

Bibi wants the troops to stay, and Putin wants them out.
What will Trump do? He doesn't listen to US advisors.

MaryMagdaline

(6,853 posts)
5. Unfortunately, Bibi has not bankrolled him for the last 20 years
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 02:31 PM
Dec 2018

Maybe should have backed a real friend of Israel.

MaryMagdaline

(6,853 posts)
4. He's asking Pompeo? Pompeo was completely blindsided by 45's announcement
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 02:29 PM
Dec 2018

He has no more control that Mattis had.

comradebillyboy

(10,144 posts)
6. So Bibi is not as enthusiastic about hastening the Rapture
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 02:47 PM
Dec 2018

as Pompeo and his fundamentalist Christian friends?

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