Things are happening so fast now in the Middle East if you blink you'll miss it. In a stunning reversal, Trump has ordered US infantry troops and Bradley armored fighting vehicles have rolled into Syria to prevent the oil reserves of Syria from falling into the hands of Islamic terror group ISIS.
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 (KJV)
Across the oceans, things are happening fast here in America, too, as Democrats
voted in Congress today to move forward with impeachment proceedings in their attempt to undo the 2016 election and prevent Trump's re-election in 2020. War in the Middle East, civil war in America, war everywhere you look. So look up, because
that's coming soon too.
Bradleys and Army infantry roll into Syria to help secure oil wells
FROM MILITARY TIMES: Army Col. Myles B. Caggins III, a spokesman for the U.S.-led mission to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, said the
mechanized forces moving into Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, hailed from the 30th Armored Brigade Combat team, a National Guard unit from South Carolina.
NBC News was first to report it, citing OIR commander Army Lt. Gen. Pat White, that Bradleys and Army grunts had crossed into Deir ez-Zor.
Officials with the Pentagon and OIR did not detail the number of troops or armored vehicles tasked with protecting the oil wells in eastern
Syria. But Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday that American troops would continue to withdraw from northern Syria.
“We are repositioning" U.S. forces to Deir ez-Zor to continue partnering with the SDF “to defeat ISIS remnants, protect critical infrastructure” and to deny ISIS access to revenue sources. "Mechanized forces provide infantry, maneuver, and firepower,”OIR
tweeted Thursday.
Esper said he expected troop levels to be below the 1,000 troops that were deployed to northern Syria prior to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from the country following a Turkish incursion.
Turkey launched operations on Oct. 9 to combat U.S.-backed Kurdish forces. Turkey believes the American anti-ISIS partner force in Syria is a terrorist group.
The decision to redeploy American forces into Syria appears to be reversal by Trump of
his much criticized plan to withdraw U.S. troops from the country. American military veterans who served in armor units have argued mechanized forces in Syria could add logistical and manpower strains for U.S. forces in Syria — countering Trump’s aim to withdraw from the region and end America’s involvement in forever wars.
The oil wells in eastern Syria are a contentious issue. Analysts contend the decision to deploy American armor to safeguard Syrian oil was made due to the threat of Russian and Syrian armor in the region.
How the Bradley will stack up to Russian armor is unknown. The small armor vehicle packs a 25 mm Bushmaster chain gun and is armed with the aging anti-tank missile system known as the TOW. But the Bradley could be highly effective against ISIS up-armored bomb-laden vehicles — a tactic that has grown in prominence among ISIS and Taliban fighters.
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