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1. Generally good source shows US logistics for a modest US deployment in Deir EzZor.

You need to understand how strange and dangerous this deployment is. Here's little bit about Deir EzZor.
It's a Sunni Arab area. Wild camels and all. The Kurds didn't want to go down there.
2. We lured them with thoughts that @RealDonaldTrump might actually believe in freedom and democracy.

But DZ is not Kurdish territory. To take it with the help of peopl like @brett_mcgurk and @CENTCOM the SDF were able to raise a significant Sunni Arab component to
3. do much of the heavy lifting on the march towards Baghuz. Deir EzZor is the one bridge head that the Regime and Russians had that gave them an easter bank toe hole in Deir EzZor. This deployment puts our forces in an area where they may come under fire. And the Kurds have a
4. genocide to cope with that in no small part was caused by Trump's incompetence at best or criminal complicity at worse. Regardless, the fact remains, that the Kurds have to defend the Turkish ISIS army that Trump unleashed upon them.
5. We should have a B1-B with racks chock full of SDB's on top CAP 24/7. A few Raptors to tell the neighbors we mean business.

To our @USSOCOM @USMC @SOJTFOIR going into crazy town: This Bud's for you. Stay safe. ✌ #DZ @INDOPACOM
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