Stevenson’s army, October 21
– Erdogan wants nuclear weapons.
–China, Russia & Iran plan joint naval exercises.
–Russian hackers are busy in Europe.
– WSJ says Trump now plans residual force in Syria to protect oil.– WaPo, fact-checks Trump claim that Saudis will pay for extra US forces.
– State fights back.
– New book by Mattis speechwriter describes first Pentagon briefing for Trump.
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Keeping US troops in Iraq and maybe southern Syria to prevent the Syrian Government backed up by the Russians from taking control of the oil fields in Eastern Syria strikes me as exercise in lunacy. (1), This violates international law. (2) The pipelines run west into Syrian Government controlled territory. We would have to engage in a massive trucking operation to get the oil out via Iraq or Turkey? (3) Who gets the oil revenues? (4) Are we suggesting that we will fight the Syrian Army and its Russian ally to hold on to the oil fields? I cannot open the WSJ article but it strikes me as too fatnastical to pay for it.