US to reverse Trump troop withdrawal and send tanks to Syria – reports

Tanks to come from units already in Middle East, report says
Trump has said US ‘secured oil’ despite withdrawal

Trump has justified his decision to stand US troops down to allow a Turkish offensive in north-eastern Syria at the cost of abandoning Kurdish partners, by saying he was “bringing the troops home”.

However, it is quite likely it would take more troops to deploy, maintain, supply and protect armoured units in the middle of the eastern Syrian desert than the roughly 1,000 that were in the country before the Turkish invasion.

THE GOLD HOUSE (October 24)

Did I say “fewer”? Silly me! I meant “more”.

I meant to say “add” and not “withdraw”.

Withdrawal's not anything I ever do.

When I set about something, I see it through.

Ask the women I've known. They'll say it's true*.

And, no, that is nether boast nor bravado.

Now excuse me, while I wall off Colorado.
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*Summer Zervos, the former “Apprentice” contestant who is suing Trump for defamation after he denied her allegation of sexual assault, reportedly has corroborating evidence to support her story. — Guardian