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Little sneak peak at a new, non-conflict related, project that I'm working on. Am starting a new video series helping people master advanced javascript concepts (plus other fun/cool coding related topics)pic.twitter.com/dX6KA5CsDg
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US withdrawal from northern Syria could force the Kurds into a “deal with the devil”. I spoke to a number of officials during a recent trip there about what happens if Turkey invades and America abandons themhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/15/inside-threatened-kurdish-proto-state-holds-keys-defeating-isil/ …
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Threaten the lives of millions because you had a bad news day. Classic
@realDonaldTrump.https://twitter.com/nahaltoosi/status/1075408235287470082 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - Gissur Simonarson Retweeted
So Erdogan is planning to kill every last man, woman, and child in Rojava and drive the ones who survive out into the ISIS-ridden Syrian desert in winter. Is this not the definition of a war crime? Should every person in the world not be opposed to this?https://twitter.com/mck_beth/status/1075329242286698497 …
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Right now, US troops in Raqqa and other areas governed by the SDF (YPG/J’s rebrand) are essentially acting as human shields to assure that neither Turkey nor the Syrian regime invades or bombs. When they leave, those areas will fall, and another refugee wave will begin
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The US killed thousands of civilians in the anti ISIS campaign in Syria. It used white phosphorus. It destroyed 80% of Raqqa and did almost nothing to rebuild. The fighters who died in the campaign were mostly from YPG/J, Turkey’s target when the US leaves Mission accomplished
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Precipitous withdrawal from Syria, with no coordination with allies nor even a plan to evacuate Syrians who helped us, takes a 6-sided standoff (US, SDF, Turkey, Assad, Russia, ISIS) and turns it into a bloody free-for-all. That WILL blow back on everybody including us.
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#MAGA. Make Assad Great Again.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - Gissur Simonarson Retweeted
SOHR claims Trump's decision to withdraw came as a shock for SDF commanders, effectively contradicting the situation on the ground as fuel and military equipment arrived to several SDF bases
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Breaking: Israel respects U.S. decision to pull out of
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With all due respect, ISIS is not defeated in Syria, Iraq, and after just returning from visiting there -- certainly not Afghanistan.
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Withdrawal of this small American force in Syria would be a huge Obama-like mistake.https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1075390541892866048 …
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THREAD: Trump decision to withdraw US troops from
#Syria clearly at odds with stated policy & advice of senior officials at Pentagon & State. Video of top Syria envoy James Jeffery detailing Syria policy@AtlanticCouncil just this Mondayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj099EFxwlY …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo - Gissur Simonarson Retweeted
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@realDonaldTrump is right to want to contain Iranian expansion. However, withdrawal of our forces in Syria mightily undercuts that effort and put our allies, the Kurds at risk.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
This was 8 days ago, and now Trump is declaring victory and leaving like an idiot.https://twitter.com/APDiploWriter/status/1075401228237053953 …
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From Dec. 11
@statedept briefing on#Syria with Brett McGurk: "I think it’s fair to say Americans will remain on the ground after the physical defeat of the caliphate, until we have the pieces in place to ensure that that defeat is enduring." https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2018/12/288024.htm … 1/Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Still around 14,000 ISIS fighters in Syria... They just claimed a suicide attack in Raqqa (where US troops and USAID is) an hour ago. But you guys never let facts get in the way of sucking Trump off.https://twitter.com/JacobAWohl/status/1075404493867560965 …
President Trump promised to “Bomb the **** out of ISIS”, then leave Syria That’s exactly what he did
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If you defeated ISIS in Syria, why does the UN claim that there are still 20,000 - 30,000 ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq?
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This makes it look official -
#Trump is resisting pressure from DOD-NSC-State. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075397797929775105 … I cannot stress enough how naive this decision will prove to be. Everything the U.S. has fought for in#Syria will have been wasted. We'll be back in a few years, at most.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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