Pentagram to have troops occupy 1/3 of Syria indefinitely

[midnight rambler]

This is seriously fucked up.

https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/in-america-s-hidden-war-in-syria-troops-face-peril-on-many-fronts-1.560780

[Jewboo]

In September, however, the administration switched course, saying the troops will stay in Syria pending an overall settlement to the Syrian war and with a new mission: to act as a bulwark against Iran's expanding influence.


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[End Times]

We must stop Russia's aggressive and imperialist designs on its neighbors!

Russia needs to stop putting its forces near our forces:

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[woodman]

We must stop Russia's aggressive and imperialist designs on its neighbors!

Russia needs to stop putting its forces near our forces:

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-68a2fbcaa0c2f6d3c4a47b945ed326bd


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Who the hell do they think they are, putting their borders near our bases?

[keehah]

Soon to be two decades!

Do current decades US Military Industrial/Congressional Complexers take a hypocrisic oath?

georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov: Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria (https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/05/20040511-6.html)

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, Public Law 108-175 (SAA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, hereby determine that the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, and undermining United States and international efforts with respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. To address that threat, and to implement the SAA, I hereby order the following:..

This order is effective at 12:01 eastern daylight time on May 12, 2004.
govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-10/ (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-10/html/2023-10143.htm)

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions of the Government of Syria

On May 11, 2004, pursuant to his authority under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.) and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese
Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
175), the President issued Executive Order 13338, in
which he declared a national emergency with respect to
the actions of the Government of Syria. The national
emergency was modified in scope and relied upon for
additional steps taken in Executive Order 13399 of
April 25, 2006, Executive Order 13460 of February 13,
2008, Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011,
Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, Executive Order
13582 of August 17, 2011, Executive Order 13606 of
April 22, 2012, and Executive Order 13608 of May 1,
2012.

The President took these actions to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United
States constituted by the actions of the Government of
Syria
thecradle.co: Biden unilaterally extends ‘national emergency’ targeting Syria (https://thecradle.co/article-view/24604/biden-unilaterally-extends-national-emergency-targeting-syria)

May 09 2023
On 8 May, US President Joe Biden signed a new one-year extension for the “national emergency” declared concerning Syria, just one day after the Arab League approved Damascus’ reentry to the bloc despite Washington’s objections.

Initially signed in 2004 by former president George W. Bush, Executive Order 13338 classified Syria, a nation nearly 10,000km away from Washington, as an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.”

“The United States will consider changes in policies and actions of the Government of Syria in determining whether to continue or terminate this national emergency in the future,” Biden’s letter concludes.

On Sunday, White House officials confirmed that crushing US sanctions (https://thecradle.co/article-view/22174/syrian-quake-triggers-arab-debate-on-defying-us-sanctions) on Syria would continue to be enforced despite an ongoing push by the Arab world to normalize (https://thecradle.co/article-view/23684/echoes-of-taif-syria-and-saudi-arabia-reconcile) ties with the war-torn country.

“We do not believe that Syria merits readmission to the Arab League at this time, and it’s a point that we’ve made clear with all of our partners,” US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said on 7 May...

While the CIA was tasked with arming and training extremist groups in Syria since late 2012, US troops officially entered the fray once Damascus asked for Russia’s help to push back against ISIS in 2015.

Seeing the gains the Syrian and Russian armies made against ISIS and other armed groups, the US partnered with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) to create the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), effectively starting a race for control of Syria’s resource-rich Deir Ezzor and Hasakah governorates.

Around 900 US troops are still present in Syria. Their deployment is illegal under international law, as the government in Damascus did not approve it.

Moreover, former US presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump deployed the troops without congressional approval, abusing the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed in 2001 in the wake of the 11 September attacks.