Chris0nllyn
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First Trump tweets the wrong name of his SecDef.
Then he deletes the tweet and fixes the name. He also removed the "troops coming home bit".
Esper said that the 1,000 or-so troops in Northern Syria will be relocated to Iraq.
Then he deletes the tweet and fixes the name. He also removed the "troops coming home bit".
Esper said that the 1,000 or-so troops in Northern Syria will be relocated to Iraq.
https://www.apnews.com/a66bf441fdfb43ca80d200dcbfb5d09dWhile Trump has insisted he’s bringing home Americans from “endless wars” in the Mideast, Esper said all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue operations against the Islamic State group.
The troops aren’t coming home and the United States isn’t leaving the turbulent Middle East, according to plans outlined by Esper before he arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday.
https://nypost.com/2019/10/23/iraqi-defense-minister-gives-us-troops-4-weeks-to-leave-iraq/US troops withdrawing from northeastern Syria to Iraq are “transiting” and will leave the country within four weeks, Iraq’s defense minister said Wednesday.