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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 presidents 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 Bolsonaros 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
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maxrandb
(15,324 posts)1. Hey Bibi... you fucking turd
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
He wants to annex Syria, or at least the southern half of it - and he wants us to make it happen for him.
Mosby
(16,306 posts)7. That's nonsense.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)8. It's not our job to beat up Israel's neighbors for them
watoos
(7,142 posts)2. Houston we have a problem,
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
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
He has no more control that Mattis had.
comradebillyboy
(10,144 posts)6. So Bibi is not as enthusiastic about hastening the Rapture
as Pompeo and his fundamentalist Christian friends?