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keithbvadu2

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1. A few thousand U.S. troops... roughly the size of Louisiana

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2018, 11:33 PM

Dec 2018

A few thousand U.S. troops in overall control, perhaps indefinitely, of an area comprising nearly a third of Syria, a vast expanse of mostly desert terrain roughly the size of Louisiana

Just how much 'control' can so few have over such a large area?

Or is it just nothingburger bragging rights for empty desert?

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