© Phil Stewart/Reuters.jpgArmy General Mark Milley
US planners continue to occupy northeastern Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS...
Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited US forces occupying northeastern Syria on Saturday, 4 March, allegedly to assess efforts to prevent a resurgence of ISIS and to review safeguards for US forces against attacks, including from drones flown by Iran-backed militias, Reuters has
reported.
Some 1,000 American troops continue to support allied Arab and Kurdish militias from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the region. Milley, whose term as chairman of the joint chiefs ends in September, met with the commander of the US-led coalition to defeat ISIS,
Army Maj. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, and reviewed security measures from an undisclosed base in Syria's northeast.
According to Al-Monitor, Milley's visit to Syria
signals the Biden administration's seriousness about
keeping troops in the country in support of the SDF. Pentagon's top Middle East policy official, Dana Stroul, told reporters last week:
"We're committed to maintaining our force presence in support of the enduring defeat of ISIS. This is a mission that has the full support of the Secretary of Defense."
Syria analyst Jennifer Cafarella of the Institute for the Study of War noted the importance of continuing the US military occupation in northeastern Syria. She
observed in 2017:
"Whether Washington chooses to admit it or not, the US now has direct influence over the vast majority of Syria's most productive oil fields, and that the territorial gains of the SDF are Syrian national treasures that when added up amount to brute geopolitical power for the US."
Comment: They are not just covering for the Biden administration's criminal actions in fomenting a war, but for Creepy Joe's personal corruption in connection to Ukraine. Instigation a home-grown Operation Gladio may be just the ticket.
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