Eric Prince

Look, Jolani is a rebadged jihadi with a much better haircut and a better tailor.

Jelani is there because Turkey installed him.

That was a black swan event organized by Turkish intelligence and Turkish special operations.

They put their guy in, and it's definitely Turkey flexing its Ottoman origins to extend its reach.

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was to keep them out.

Kept them out because the Ottoman Empire had really collapsed.

But remember, they built upon the infrastructure built by the Christian Eastern Empire.

But the fact is, it was the Eastern Roman Empire, and it worked, and it was a functioning, high-grade society.

And an Islamic invader took that over and then extended it by force.

Yeah, I've largely given up on that region.

I'm focused on other spots.

blue on blue, as in getting smacked by their own missiles.

Yeah, look, urban fighting with that much firepower is very tough.

Danger close, and then danger close is meters away.

So, yes, the United States does not need to put a base in Syria.

If you want to have a commercial presence there, the Deir ez-Zor oil fields in the east, which is kind of the main asset that Syria had, was producing 400,000 barrels a day.

Have that be operated by a Western company.

Put an airfield there, make that a commercial base, but not a U.S.

military base.

That way Syria can have U.S.