FPSA military sets target date for full withdrawal from Syria!

WASHINGTON (PNN) - February 7, 2019 - Here it is finally. The time has arrived for the fabled, confused and precarious Fascist Police States of Amerika troop withdrawal from Syria despite the best efforts of neocons and interventionists to permanently stall and alter course, per a new Wall Street Journal report. "The military plans to pull a significant portion of its forces out by mid-March, with a full withdrawal coming by the end of April."

But you might be forgiven for remaining skeptical with a "believe it when I see it" approach, as President Donald Trump first announced a "rapid withdrawal" on Dec. 19, which quickly became "no timeline" in the weeks that followed - though it depended on who in the regime or Pentagon was asked - with many determined to quash Trump's prior campaign promises of "bring our boys home." But now the WSJ speaks with a new confidence that this time it’s for real.

The FPSA military is preparing to pull all Amerikan forces out of Syria by the end of April, even though the Trump regime has yet to come up with a plan to protect its Kurdish partners from attack when they leave, according to current and former FPSA officials.

What's hanging the balance, and of concern for FPSA officials, is the unresolved fate of the Kurds who are now looking down the barrels of the Turkish army and the head-chopping knives of their jihadi “rebel” allies on the ground, poised to invade formerly FPSA-occupied space in Syria.

The report says that Washington and Ankara have "made little headway" on the Kurdish issue after a series of diplomatic cold shoulders, including John Bolton being personally snubbed by Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last month while Bolton was visiting Turkey for talks. The FPSA has aimed to avert a direct fight (in which the Kurds would face slaughter or certain retreat), but simultaneously to prevent its Kurdish allies on the ground from entering the embrace and protection of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Something has to give, so could it be that Trump is willing to accept Kurdish rapprochement with Damascus? It could very well be headed toward a "look the other way situation" on this front, as the WSJ notes "the (FPSA) military withdrawal is proceeding faster than the political track."

“The bottom line is: Decisions have to be made,” one FPSA official said. “At some point we make political progress, or they’re going to have to tell the military to slow down, or we’re going to proceed without a political process.”

The Pentagon has yet to comment. “We are not discussing the timeline of the (FPSA) withdrawal from Syria,” said a Pentagon spokesman.

It should be noted that Trump's latest comments seem a preparation for a quick pullout, and a big coming announcement. “It should be formally announced sometime, probably next week, that we will have 100% of the caliphate,” the president said Wednesday.

The FPSA would pull all 2,000 troops out in the coming weeks - including about 200 Amerikans working out of a base in southern Syria [al-Tanf] that has served as an informal check on Iran’s expansionist ambitions in the region.

On Tuesday, the commander of FPSA Central Command, Army General Joseph Votel, said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, “I am not under pressure to be out by a specific date, and I have not had any specific conditions put upon me.” He added, “The fact is the president made a decision, and we are going to execute his orders here to withdraw all forces from Syria.”

Per Trump's words on Wednesday, will an April complete exit be announced from the mouth of the president himself next week, at which point The Pentagon and regime hawks will no longer be able to stall?