Trump gives Pentagon power to reset troop limit in Syria and Iraq

Without limit, Pentagon can deploy tens of thousands of troops to battle in Syria and Iraq, significantly escalating the war in the middle east. It's hot there and no one wants to be there to fight in this kind of weather. It's terrible. It's sweaty. It's thirsty. It makes the muscles ache.

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I mean...If you're gonna do something do it right.

a reply to: allsee4eye

Want to bet mil indust complex share jump tomorrow?

Another Trump campaign promise down the toliet. So much for not getting involved in pointless forign wars.

a reply to: crazyewok

Trump promised to slaughter IS fighters and their families. He promised to escalate the war.

So now generals have the power to actually do the job assigned to them?

make wars great again

a reply to: allsee4eye

Double-edged sword.

It could be a good move, could be a horrible move.

If USA can coordinate with Syria and Russia and actually fight the right people it would be cool.

But that ship has sailed.

So I guess we will do what we want and they do what they want and... yea... could be a big clusteryuck.

a reply to: allsee4eye

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but has the USA officially declared was on IS, or this is a continuation of the "War on Terror" that GW Bush declared after 911?

Is Congress being bypassed by this Pentagon authorization of Trump's, or have they already given their approval?

originally posted by: windword
a reply to: allsee4eye

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but has the USA officially declared was on IS, or this is a continuation of the "War on Terror" that GW Bush declared after 911?

Is Congress being bypassed by this Pentagon authorization of Trump's, or have they already given their approval?

Does it matter at this point near 16 years of wars and secret wars why make any official proclamations at this point.
I really miss the 90's before this insane decade and a half of Mideast wars. I don't see any end in sight.
I guess It good business for the military industrial complex to keep it going.
Administrations change but the war machine keeps going.

a reply to: crazyewok

Honestly, good...

Time to sweep up and finish this crap.

Also, this is a war that has been going on close to 2 decades, Trump didn't start this, but hopefully he can finish it. And this time, not pull out before the job is done!