TRUMP'S CRITICS SAY PULLING USA TROOPS FROM THE SYRIAN BORDER WITH TURKEY CAUGHT THE MILITARY OFF-GUARD. REALLY?
I CALL BULLSHIT!
Before I even say why I call "bullshit," why are we supposed to listen to:
- military experts and politicians who have given us endless wars?
- who have created hell on earth and chaos in Libya.
- who caused ISIS and wasted trillions of taxpayers dollars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan?
- who said moving our embassy to Jerusalem would be a disaster?
- who trusted Iran way more than we should have?
- who have let American taxpayers pick up the tab for being the main defense for our allies around THE WORLD!!
CAUGHT OFF GUARD IN SYRIA? I DON'T BUY IT!
Aside from the fact that Trump campaigned on ending endless wars, since 2018 the president has indicated over and over that he wants U.S. forces out of northern Syria. The Pentagon knew this and has had nearly two years to develop plans for when the president would make good on his vow.
Since 2018 there have been reports in the press that the U.S. military has slowly been implementing a drawdown of U.S. troops in Syria in anticipation of the President's final order to remove the remaining forces, said to be 38 soldiers.
What’s more, for all of the talk of having been taken by surprise, the Syrian Kurds were somehow able to get Bashar al-Assad’s forces (along with the Russians) to intervene on their behalf against Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria—in less than 24 hours. Some surprise, eh?
The permanent national security state was not caught off-guard by President Trump’s order to evacuate from northern Syria. The Pentagon has known for nearly 18 months this was coming! So if there has been a lack of planning and preparation the Pentagon should do it's own internal analysis for why that is.
The military was not caught off-guard. It just had people like Mattis and Bolton who didn't support the President. But guess what -- there is ONE COMMANDER IN CHIEF so they are out!
President Trump is not an isolationist! He has meet with more foreign leaders in the White House and abroad than any President. He has developed personal relations with leaders across the world, friend and foe.
President Trump is a pragmatist and a businessman who is learning how to be a politician on the job. He thinks outside the box and operates in unorthodox and less traditional ways.
Trump's enemies love to say he is "unpresidential," as a pejorative, however, one of the keys to his success is his unpredictable and politically incorrect nature.
There is one undeniably Presidential aspect of Trump though. HE LEADS!
THE HYPOCRISY OF HIS ADVERSARIES IN POLITICS AND THE MEDIA IS GREATER THAN THE TRUTH.
