Rep. Thomas Massie Implores Trump to Go Further: 'Bring All of Our Soldiers Home From Syria Tomorrow'

By Shane Trejo
Big League Politics
Oct. 15, 2019

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who consistently checks out as the legislator in Washington D.C. with the most conservative voting record, issued a history lesson about Syria over social media on Friday about how the involvement has been worsened by U.S. intervention in recent years.

Massie posted a Twitter thread on Syria outlining how war in that nation was being ginned up during the Obama administration, and despite widespread support from neoconservative Republicans and Democrats, it was ultimately rejected because the American public had no appetite for the conflict.

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Sept 2013, Obama came to Congress for approval to wage war against Syria. Americans overwhelmingly opposed it. Calls ran 100 to 1 against in my office. Some congressmen supported war but didn’t have the courage to vote YEA or NAY.https://t.co/f3xHOXZDNX
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) October 11, 2019

The Kentucky lawmaker continued on to explain how the Obama administration ultimately staged a secret war in Syria through the deep state that resulted in Jihadis such as ISIS and Al Qaeda getting their hands on weapons and other equipment.

According to articles printed later, Obama and Congress ramped up a secret war consisting primarily of funneling equipment to insurgents in Syria. Some of this ended up in the hands of Al Qaeda and what became ISIS.https://t.co/slgrrpIWx5
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) October 11, 2019

Massie finished his Twitter thread by urging for all soldiers to be removed by Syria immediately unless members of Congress have the courage to actually go on the record and vote to send troops to the country.

Now I hear outrage that a fraction of these unconstitutionally deployed troops are being pulled back. If my fellow congressmen can’t even find the courage to literally press a button and vote YEA, NAY, or PRESENT, then we should bring all of our soldiers home from Syria tomorrow.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) October 11, 2019