{"id":37493,"date":"2018-09-08T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T16:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37493"},"modified":"2018-09-08T11:12:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T16:12:37","slug":"trumps-neocon-conversion-and-the-syrian-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37493","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Neocon Conversion and the Syrian\u00a0180"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kurtnimmo.blog\/2018\/09\/07\/trumps-neocon-conversion-and-the-syrian-180\/#more-387\">Trump\u2019s Neocon Conversion and the Syrian\u00a0180<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>You have to feel a little sorry for the folks who voted for Trump expecting him to live up to his promise to bring the troops home and stop killing people.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday Trump cleared up any doubt about his neocon conversion. Once again he made his supporters\u2014or those interested in nonintervention at least\u2014out to be fools, that is to say any principled supporters left after killing thousands in Syria.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starsandstripes\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Stars and Stripes (screen name: starsandstripes)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/912760382686683136\/I3B-ipQq_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/912760382686683136\/I3B-ipQq_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/912760382686683136\/I3B-ipQq_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Donald Trump, who just five months ago said he wanted &#8220;to get out&#8221; of Syria and bring U.S. troops home soon, has approved a new strategy\u00a0for an indefinitely extended military, diplomatic and economic effort there, officials said. <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/middle-east\/trump-approves-indefinite-us-presence-in-syria-1.546358\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/azARbKnWF0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/middle-east\/trump-approves-indefinite-us-presence-in-syria-1.546358\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>stripes.com\/news\/middle-ea<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">st\/trump-approves-indefinite-us-presence-in-syria-1.546358\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starsandstripes\/status\/1038013458191736837\" data-datetime=\"2018-09-07T10:37:48+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: September 07, 2018 10:37:48 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-09-07T10:37:48+0000\">6:37 AM &#8211; Sep 7, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"PrerenderedCard is-constrainedByMaxWidth is-loaded\" data-card-name=\"summary_large_image\" data-css=\"https:\/\/ton.twimg.com\/tfw\/css\/syndication_bundle_v1_0f800c4c60206a3994a34989ef109e9eba493ffa.css\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid TwitterCard\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid-col--12 TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerBottom CardContent\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-image TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageContainer tcu-imageAspect--2to1\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageWrapper tcu-image-1038013458191736837 js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1037935325266567168\/NfguKCUE?format=jpg&amp;name=800x419); background-size: cover;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-block\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1037935325266567168\/NfguKCUE?format=jpg&amp;name=800x419\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-contentContainer TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-content TwitterCardsGrid-ltr\">\n<p class=\"TwitterCard-title js-cardClick tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Trump approves indefinite US presence in Syria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tcu-resetMargin u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">Although the military campaign against the Islamic State has been nearly completed, the Trump administration has redefined its goals to include the exit of all Iranian military and proxy forces from&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop SummaryCard-destination\" dir=\"ltr\">stripes.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/in-a-shift-trump-approves-an-indefinite-military-and-diplomatic-effort-in-syria-us-officials-say\/2018\/09\/06\/0351ab54-b20f-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html?utm_term=.b120d7510ec8\">CIA\u2019s favorite newspaper<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><i>President Trump, who just five months ago said he wanted \u201cto get out\u201d of Syria and bring U.S. troops home soon, has agreed to a new strategy that indefinitely extends the military effort there and launches a major diplomatic push to achieve American objectives, according to senior State Department officials.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>These \u201cAmerican objectives\u201d reflect those of Israel, which has worked diligently to undermine Syria for decades. The first objective is to replace Bashar al-Assad with a malleable client that takes orders from the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Second, Trump\u2014channeling Netanyahu\u2014demands the removal of all Iranian troops in Syria. Both the Russians and Iranians were invited into the country to help al-Assad flight the CIA and Saudi Arabia\u2019s bloody Wahhabi-infused terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Third, Trump wants more illegal US military outposts in occupied Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s Neocon Conversion and the Syrian\u00a0180 You have to feel a little sorry for the folks who voted for Trump expecting him to live up to his promise to bring the troops home and stop killing people. On Thursday Trump cleared up any doubt about his neocon conversion. 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