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    Quote Originally Posted by Rationalist View Post
    I agree with the general spirit of this post, but I wouldn't say that ISIS would have destroyed them without us. They would have certainly lost more people without our help, but the Kurds have survived a lot of purges and offensives. This is part of why they are well organized militarily. They're used to fighting for survival.
    There is a myth about the Kurds as being great fighters. They were until the Saddam purges. Then not so much until the US started training them again after 2003. But they are still a light infantry force with limited tactical skills. The best thing we drilled into them was the bounding over-watch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BenjaminO View Post
    But why are we keeping forces in Syria to protect oil interests and why is that more important than sticking with an ally? We only had minimal troops there. The Kurds did most if not all of the fighting. Plus they know the landscape, the territory. Why not stay with them?
    Syria doesn't have very much oil. Why do you think oil is the reason the USA is in Syria? There's only 500 US troops in NE Syria. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/25...oops-in-syria/

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    Quote Originally Posted by atheist4thecause View Post
    Syria doesn't have very much oil. Why do you think oil is the reason the USA is in Syria? There's only 500 US troops in NE Syria. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/25...oops-in-syria/
    Once Assad can secure those facilitates we should leave.
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