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    20 Jun 2018

    "...the only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted, when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary to keep the waters pure..." - Thomas Jefferson, 1823

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Just a reminder: “Trump somehow managed to run on a promise of massive intervention and isolationism at the same time. And Americans bought it.”

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    3 hours ago

    US military has been saying this has the potential to completely eradicate the hard-fought wins against ISIS the last couple of years

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Yep, that’s what they did last couple years too

    Also seems like good guess that SDF will move forces from areas where US is still helping them fight emerging ISIS insurgency up to face Turks
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  5. 3 hours ago

    Just 21 months ago the United States was “very, very committed” to a military mission that was supposed to keep American forces in Syria thru stabilization and a Geneva peace. That was then. This from Jan 2018...

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    5 hours ago

    Won’t just affect the area Turkey invades either. You’ll see YPG/SDF fighters from further south abandon their positions to joint the fight up north. I’d be amazed if ISIS didn’t take advantage of this sideshow conflict, as is their wont.

    President Trump is about to make major, consequential mistake in Syria. Sources say US is tonight informing its Syrian Kurdish allies that US is withdrawing from positions on Turkish border, abandoning so-called “security mechanism,” to allow an invasion by Turkish forces...
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    4 hours ago

    President Trump on Syrian Kurds!

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    Trump: “Kurds are great people, great fighters, I like them a lot. We are trying to help them a lot. Don’t forget that’s their territory.They fought with us, they died with us, we lost tens of thousands of Kurds fighting ISIS. They’re…
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  8. 4 hours ago

    This is pure fiction.

    US officials, or former US officials for the last five years have told me this; Had Turkey entered Northern Syria, US soldiers would simply fall back. One way or another this was inevitable.…
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  9. 4 hours ago

    “Trump’s withdrawal from from Syria is what military leaders feared — and exactly what he promised.” ...is what I wrote last year. Trump surrendering N Syria and 1000s of ISIS prisoners to Erdogan is a win for Russia, Iran, Assad. It’s a loss for the US

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  10. 4 hours ago

    I don’t know what Miley’s advice was on this, Trump’s decision really dates back to last year, but man what a first week.

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  11. 4 hours ago

    Two problems arise from Trump’s decision to cut and run: 1) leaves thousands of ISIS fighters, families barely contained in prisons and camps now uncertain and less secure 2) hands the Kurds over to get the dictator Erdogan’s boot on their necks.

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  12. 4 hours ago

    Some of the people Trump is abandoning...

    As the US looks to remain in , a view of the rising on streets ISIS once ruled. Secured by forces which are in turn secured by the US presence.
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    4 hours ago

    Just turned in next book: on the women in N who fought ISIS. And what that fight has left in its wake. across region have stepped up and pushed forward. For themselves and their families. Now, their future faces only questions.

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  14. 4 hours ago

    Joint Chiefs Chairman General Milley started his job six days ago.

    BREAKING TONIGHT: White House says will “soon be moving forward with its long-planned operaration into Northern Syria.” US forces won’t be involved. Another words, joint US-Turkey patrolled zone seems to be moot and…
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    5 hours ago

    President Trump is about to make major, consequential mistake in Syria. Sources say US is tonight informing its Syrian Kurdish allies that US is withdrawing from positions on Turkish border, abandoning so-called “security mechanism,” to allow an invasion by Turkish forces...

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  16. 4 hours ago

    Jesus Christ. I just came out of the Nats game to read this jaw dropping White House statement.

    BREAKING: In an extraordinary Sunday night statement, the White House announces that the US "will no longer be in the immediate area" of Northern Syria, allow Turkey to launch an invasion in the region and give Turkey…
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  17. 4 hours ago

    Oh.

    Scherzer, Strasburg, Sanchez and Hudson have given up 5 runs in 22 innings this postseason. Everyone else on the Nationals pitching staff has given up 16 runs in 13 innings.
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  18. 4 hours ago

    Welp. It would be nice if Rendon showed up for the playoffs. And what ever happened to playing every game like it’s the last game? Better luck in Game 4 fellas.

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  19. 5 hours ago

    This game feels like we’ve been stuck on a plane on the tarmac forever...

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  20. 5 hours ago

    Great.

    All of the 7 runs scored in the 6th inning came with 2 strike counts and 2 outs in the inning. No team has ever done that in a inning.
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  21. 5 hours ago

    Howie Kendrick. Again. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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