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1. I reported on the first Russo-Ukrainian war starting with the Maidan Jan 2014. After Merkel & Macron's Minsk I and II, I focused on Syria in a belief that ISIS was a Russian and Iranian operation to destroy Syrian Sunnis political unity. I worked to arm and assist the Kurds.
2. The force grew and establishment of the #SDF brought #Sunni #Arabs, #Christians & #Turkmen to join a single umbrella force with US airpower taking back large parts of #Syria. They still hold it much of it but #Putin gave large parts to #Erdogan who folded in ISIS & Al-#Qaeda
3. and along with #Russia, #Turkey, #Iran and #Assad act as a sort of overwatch. With US SOF and Bradleys from the 4th ID there as democracy's last hope.

When the Battle for Raqqa started in 2017, I observed ISIS military leadership made up of mostly Chechens started to leave.
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#EO12333 is going to be all over the interwebs, and #Twidiots will be talking about @realdonaldtrump violated this #federallaw and should be #impeached for doing so.

Let's start at the finish:

You are wrong. Shut up. Sit down. Take notes. Learn.
Here is #EO12333, paragraph 2.11. You can see that, by its terms, it plainly prohibits engaging in or conspiring to engage in assassination.
A 1998 Legal Memorandum explains two circumstances in which targeted killings ARE NOT assassinations:
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