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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:27 AM Oct 2019

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Richard Engel tweet: US official tells @NBCNews no US troops have left Syria. They are not packing.

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Richard Engel ✔ @RichardEngel

US official tells @NBCNews no US troops have left Syria. They are not packing. No orders to pack. So, Trump’s apparent green light to Turkey for a military operation against the Kurds has trigged confusion and panic, but not real change, for now.

8:12 AM - Oct 8, 2019

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Richard Engel tweet: US official tells @NBCNews no US troops have left Syria. They are not packing. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 OP

This is what happens when a whack-a-doodle gets elected 'president'. People WILL die. spanone Oct 2019 #1

exactly bdamomma Oct 2019 #25

I wonder if the Pentagon pulled a Mattis and said "Ignore this order"? Mike 03 Oct 2019 #2

at this point, they can say, i thought he was joking questionseverything Oct 2019 #29

so turkey has or has not started air strikes on key border lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #3

Guessing no. The report of Turkey attacking Kurds was advanced by JPost and Sputnik Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #4

so there is a video lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #9

An Israeli news source as well. defacto7 Oct 2019 #23

Bibi nothatyahoo? Ligyron Oct 2019 #26

It was near the border, on the Iraq side. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #5

Yeah, has anyone told Turkey Ilsa Oct 2019 #7

Trump will try to save face Johnny2X2X Oct 2019 #6

Nothing will "save" Scarsdale Oct 2019 #12

t-rump fake news . . . Iliyah Oct 2019 #8

Glad to have a journalist MontanaMama Oct 2019 #10

What happens to those that safeinOhio Oct 2019 #11

Humor Trump bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #13

Feed him fake news! ginnyinWI Oct 2019 #20

Field commanders would have some latitude in how quickly and in what manner they obeyed an order Nitram Oct 2019 #14

Damn! SCVDem Oct 2019 #22

LOOK! SQUIRREL! getagrip_already Oct 2019 #15

Wait... what? I did miss that gas co. story! DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #16

apparently... it was even on rachel last night..... nt getagrip_already Oct 2019 #17

aka benedict donald is trying to distract us from his impeachment. nt Javaman Oct 2019 #18

Republicans think Trump is such a great negotiator. The facts are he is probably one of the worst Pepsidog Oct 2019 #19

The Pentagon is disregarding Dump's crap. roamer65 Oct 2019 #21

oh boy bdamomma Oct 2019 #24

I smell stunt. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #27

It is just another fn scam to distract. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #28

We are the dog - we are wagging IndyOp Oct 2019 #30

I've always wondered if Trump issued a totally foolish and dangerous order if the military would Vinca Oct 2019 #31

I would think it would take a while Buckeyeblue Oct 2019 #32

spanone

(135,843 posts)

1. This is what happens when a whack-a-doodle gets elected 'president'. People WILL die.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:29 AM

Oct 2019

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)

25. exactly

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:21 AM

Oct 2019

a TV sick celebrity, with dictatorial issues/leanings. Crap.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

2. I wonder if the Pentagon pulled a Mattis and said "Ignore this order"?

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:29 AM

Oct 2019

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)

29. at this point, they can say, i thought he was joking

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 05:30 PM

Oct 2019

isn't that what Rubio said about him asking china for biden dirt?

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

3. so turkey has or has not started air strikes on key border

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:31 AM

Oct 2019

Kurd positions. I thought I saw it announced by some news orgs that this happened.

did it happen or not?

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

4. Guessing no. The report of Turkey attacking Kurds was advanced by JPost and Sputnik

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:38 AM

Oct 2019

...neither have a stellar record of truth.

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

9. so there is a video

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:49 AM

Oct 2019

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/syria-kurds-vow-form-human-shields-fend-looming-push-191007205116067.html

which shows a column of US vehicles traveling someplace and is labeled "US troops leaving northern Syria"... was that an actual video of a pullout or stock footage which was mis-identified?

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

23. An Israeli news source as well.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:13 AM

Oct 2019

Ligyron

(7,633 posts)

26. Bibi nothatyahoo?

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #23)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:26 AM

Oct 2019

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

5. It was near the border, on the Iraq side.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:41 AM

Oct 2019

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

7. Yeah, has anyone told Turkey

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:46 AM

Oct 2019

that US troops have not left?

I wonder if the top military brass told the commanders on site to stay put because they were going to get the announcement retracted?

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)

6. Trump will try to save face

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:42 AM

Oct 2019

There will be some incident that can give him cover to change his mind. Trump will never admit he changed his mind or made a mistake.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

12. Nothing will "save"

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:34 AM

Oct 2019

that repulsive orange mug. I hope he has not put US troops in mortal danger this time.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

8. t-rump fake news . . .

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:47 AM

Oct 2019

And yes, t-rump will get many killed.

MontanaMama

(23,319 posts)

10. Glad to have a journalist

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:18 AM

Oct 2019

doing actual reporting on this. How else would we know what’s really happening? Stay safe Richard Engel.

safeinOhio

(32,687 posts)

11. What happens to those that

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:27 AM

Oct 2019

Refuse to obey a tweet?

bucolic_frolic

(43,173 posts)

13. Humor Trump

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:41 AM

Oct 2019

Tell him whatever he wants to hear. He's been lying to everyone, why not reciprocate the favor?

"Yes, Mr. President, the troops have all left already."

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)

20. Feed him fake news!

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #13)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 10:34 AM

Oct 2019

At the end, Hitler was moving troops around on a board that didn’t exist, and nobody corrected him.

Nitram

(22,803 posts)

14. Field commanders would have some latitude in how quickly and in what manner they obeyed an order

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:47 AM

Oct 2019

to withdraw, based on the safety of the troops involved. The military also knows how to stall, obstruct, and ignore stupid orders by the C-in-C.

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)

22. Damn!

Reply to Nitram (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:09 AM

Oct 2019

Must have been a bad load of gas!

All the fuel systems need to be cleared. Take about a week, easy!

Our aircraft sprung mysterious leaks when leadership got stupid.

getagrip_already

(14,764 posts)

15. LOOK! SQUIRREL!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:51 AM

Oct 2019

This completely washed out the news that trump and company were extorting money out of the gas companies - exactly what they falsely claimed biden had done.

The media, including left blogs, completely went after the syria story. Important, true, but it should have been linked.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)

16. Wait... what? I did miss that gas co. story!

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #15)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 09:57 AM

Oct 2019

getagrip_already

(14,764 posts)

17. apparently... it was even on rachel last night..... nt

Reply to DemocracyMouse (Reply #16)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 10:01 AM

Oct 2019

Javaman

(62,530 posts)

18. aka benedict donald is trying to distract us from his impeachment. nt

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 10:32 AM

Oct 2019

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)

19. Republicans think Trump is such a great negotiator. The facts are he is probably one of the worst

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 10:33 AM

Oct 2019

negotiators in presidential history and probably NY real estate history. Ask NY real estate developers about his deals. How can they not see he is a a complete and utter fool and fraud.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

21. The Pentagon is disregarding Dump's crap.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 10:45 AM

Oct 2019

Hmmm....

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)

24. oh boy

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:19 AM

Oct 2019

tRump is doing Putin's bidding???? Geez, things are in chaos just like this POS we have this is getting very dangerous. Rattling other countries cages now. He needs to be sedated and taken away.

Sneederbunk

(14,291 posts)

27. I smell stunt.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:41 AM

Oct 2019

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

28. It is just another fn scam to distract.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 11:49 AM

Oct 2019

IndyOp

(15,524 posts)

30. We are the dog - we are wagging

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 07:56 AM

Oct 2019

I pray that anger and sadness and confusion will be enough wagging for the evil ones

Vinca

(50,276 posts)

31. I've always wondered if Trump issued a totally foolish and dangerous order if the military would

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 07:59 AM

Oct 2019

ignore it. Given the uproar I'm betting Don is trying to figure out a way to retract the order without looking like the pathetic idiot he is.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)

32. I would think it would take a while

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 08:05 AM

Oct 2019

And there was probably no advanced notice given. Trump makes decisions whimsically.

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