№ 711.1: EXTRA! A-BOUT Face!

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

No. 312.2: EXTRA! Easier To Get Forgiveness Than Permission?

Dear Vlad,

If I have to bomb Syria back to the Stone Age

to keep Mueller and Comey off the front page

I hope and pray that you'll understand

and this won't interfere with your overall plan

for reconfiguring the geopolitical landscape

and please, please erase the you-know-what tape.

 

As ever,

Donnie

No. 310.2: EXTRA! Ready Or Not, Here I Come (Are You Ready, Vlad?)

WASHINGTON — President Trump put Syria and Russia on notice Wednesday morning in a Twitter post, promising that missiles fired at Syria “will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’”

     Mr. Trump has said publicly that sharing military plans could give enemies information they could use to their advantage.

— NYT: Trump Promises Strike on Syria and Warns Russia Against Backing Assad (Paywall)

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Nuke” LaLoosh had Crash

and Reagan had Thatcher.

Problem is Donald's both

pitcher and catcher.

Tipping the batter on his next pitch,

proves he's a ignorant son of a bitch.