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Offline TomSea

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One might want another source for this nonetheless. It calls to mind the no-fly zone issue during the GOP Presidential candidates debate.
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Trump to order Pentagon to set up ‘safe zones’ for refugees in Syria

The US President Donald Trump is expected to order the Pentagon and the State Department in coming days to craft a plan for setting up “safe zones” for refugees in Syria, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Underlining that the document gave no details on what would constitute a safe zone, Reuters noted that the Turkish government had long pressed Obama administration, without success, for creation of a no-fly zone in Syria on its border with Turkey.

Reuters said that the draft executive order awaiting Trump’s signature signaled the new administration may be preparing a step that his predecessor Barack Obama long resisted, fearing the potential for being pulled deeper into the bloody conflict and the threat of clashes between US and Russian warplanes over Syria.

Continued: http://www.turkishminute.com/2017/01/26/trump-order-pentagon-set-safe-zones-refugees-syria/

I know Carly took this position, it is now a year later when this comes up again (Graham? Rubio?). Perhaps the scene on the ground is now different. 

It's not too late to do this; but it's probably going to open up a can of worms if this were to go through.

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