US Already Has Troops On The Ground In Syria | Rachel Maddow

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NEXT. >>> AT THE SOUTHERN MOST TIP OF
THE GREAT STATE OF NEVADA, THERE'S A TOWN CALLED CALNEVARI.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A PASTA, I KNOW. BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S A COMBINED JUMBLE OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA,
NEVADA AND ARIZONA. CALNEVARI.
IT HAS 2 OR 300 PEOPLE IN IT. IT'S ON ROUTE 95.
IT'S WAY OUT IN THE DESERT BUT EM IT'S AN IDENTIFIABLE,
MEMORABLE PLACE, WHERE CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND ARIZONA
COME TOGETHER ON THE NAP, HENCE THE NAME, CALNEVARI.
NOW, THERE'S A PLACE THAT HAS THAT SAME FUNCTION ON THE MAP.
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD IN SYRIA AS WELL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME CATCHY NAME.
IT'S A PLACED CALL AL-TANF. IT'S INSIDE SYRIA BUT IT IS
RIGHT AT THE CORNER WHERE THE BORDERS OF JORDAN, IRAQ AND
SYRIA COME TOGETHER IN A DRY ANGLE POINT.
AND AS SUCH, IT'S AN IMPORTANT SPOT.
IT IS REALLY REMOTE. IT IS WAY OUT THERE IN THE
SYRIAN DESERT BUT IT'S CLOSE TO THAT THREE-WAY BORDER BETWEEN
THOSE THREE COUNTRIES AND IT'S ALSO RIGHT ON THE MAIN ROAD THAT
RUNS FROM BAGHDAD IN IRAQ TO DAMASCUS IN SYRIA.
WHEN ISIS CONTROLLED BIG SWATHS OF IRAQ AND SYRIA, SO MUCH SO
THAT THEY OBLITERATED THE BORDER, THAT SPOT, AL TANF WAS
CONSIDERED TO BE AN IMPORTANT SUPPLY LINE FOR ISIS FOR
ISIS-CONTROLLED CITIES IN IRAQ AND THE ONES IN SYRIA.
AGAIN, IT'S CALLED AL TANF. IT'S A WELL-KNOWN PLACE, SORT OF
ON THE MAP INTERNATIONALLY. NOT JUST BECAUSE IT DEFINES THAT
TRIANGLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S TUCKED IN THAT STRATEGIC COUNTRY
WHERE THOSE THREE COUNTRIES MEET.
IT'S A HIGH-PROFILE SPOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE U.S. TROOPS ARE
BASED IN SYRIA. IT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE BUT IT'S
ONE OF THEM. THE UNITED STTED STATES HAS ABO
THOUSAND SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION HAS QUIETLY ARRANGED TO SEND HUNDREDS MORE
INTO SYRIA BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE ABANDONED THE PRACTICE OF
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS OF MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THOSE
TROOP DEPLOYMENTS, WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHERE THE NEW
AMERICANS ARE GOING. WE KNOW THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED
U.S. MARINES SET UP AN ARTILLERY BASE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
WE KNOW, OF COURSE, U.S. PILOTS ARE FLYING BOMBING RAIDS AGAINST
ISIS TARGETS IN SYRIA BASICALLY EVERY EVERY DAY.
BUT THE BIGGEST, LONGEST STANDING COMPLIMENT OF U.S.
TROOPS IN SYRIA ARE THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS TROOPS.
AND SPECIAL OPERATORS WILL SOMETIMES DO RAIDS THEMSELVES ON
HIGH-VALUE TARGETS. BUT THEIR PRIMARY MISSION AND
WHAT THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME DOING IS ARMING AND
TRAINING AND ASSISTING SOME OF THE REBELS THAT ARE FIGHTING IN
THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, REBELS THAT SPECIFICALLY ARE FIGHTING
AGAINST ISIS. AND EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK AND SPECIAL
OPERATIONS STUFF IS OFTEN SECRET, THIS MISSION, THIS ARM
AND TRAIN AND ASSIST MISSION IS NOT ENTIRELY A SECRET.
IT'S A KNOWN AND WIDELY REPORTED THING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ONE OF
THE BASES THAT U.S. FORCES ARE OPERATING FROM TO DO THIS KIND
OF WORK IS A SMALL BASE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA THAT'S RIGHT AT
THAT CALNEVARI SPOT BETWEEN IRAQ AND JORDAN AND SYRIA, THAT
LITTLE BASE CALLED AL TANF. WELL, ON FRIDAY, SYRIA TIME,
WHEN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO SHOOT TOMAHAWK
MISSILES, THAT WAS NOT AN AK
ABSTRACT THING FOR THESE HUNDREDS OF U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS
WHO WERE ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL," NBC
NEWS, STARS AND STRIPES, A FEW OTHER OUTLETS HAVE NOW REPORTED
THAT WHEN THOSE U.S. MISSILES WERE SHOT INTO SYRIA, THE U.S.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS TROOPS WHO SPECIFICALLY WERE BASED AT THAT
LITTLE BASE IN AL TANF, WHEN THOSE MISSILE STRIKES WERE
LAUNCHED THURSDAY NIGHT EAST COAST TIME, FRIDAY MORNING IN
SYRIA, THOSE SPECIAL OPERATIONS TROOPS LEFT.
THEY LEFT THEIR BASE. IT'S NOT A SECRET THAT THEY ARE
THERE. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN
BOMBING ISIS TARGETS IN SYRIA, THOUSANDS OF AIR STRIKES.
THE U.S. HAD SOME MILITARY PRESENCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN
SYRIA ALL THE WAY BACK TO SEPTEMBER OF 2014.
IN ALL OF THAT TIME, THOUGH, THE U.S. HAS NOT HAD AMERICAN PILOTS
SHOT OUT OF THE SKY BY SYRIAN AIRCRAFT.
BY SYRIAN GROUND-TO-AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
THE U.S. HAS NOT HAD TROOPS ON THE GROUND TO ATTACK WHOLESALE
EITHER. AMERICAN FORCES HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO MOUNT WHAT ARE NOW SUSTAINED MILITARY OPERATIONS OF VARIOUS
KINDS INSIDE SYRIA ALL THIS TIME, ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2014
BECAUSE THE U.S. HAS NOT BECOME A COMBATANT IN THAT COUNTRY'S
CIVIL WAR. WE HAVE SAID ALL THIS TIME THAT
OUR TROOPS ARE ONLY THERE TO, YES, OCCASIONALLY FIGHT ISIS
OURSELVES BUT MOSTLY TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE FIGHT ISIS INSIDE
SYRIA. AND THAT LIMITED U.S. MISSION IS
WHAT HAS CREATED ROOM TO OPERATE AND U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS THAT
HAVE BEEN IN THIS VERY DANGEROUS PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
BLOODY CIVIL WAR FOR YEARS NOW DOING THIS WORK.
AND THAT POLITICAL WEATHER CHANGED ALL OF A SUDDEN.
ON THURSDAY NIGHT, WASHINGTON TIME, WHICH WAS FRIDAY MORNING
IN SYRIA, THAT WHOLE POLITICAL ARRANGEMENT CHANGED.
THAT WHOLE WEATHER SYSTEM BLEW OUT AND ANOTHER ONE BLEW IN.
AND THAT HAD A VERY SIGNIFICANT MATERIAL CONSEQUENCE FOR DOZENS
OF AMERICAN OPERATIONS TROOPS WHO REAL QUICK HAD TO GET OUT OF
THAT BASE AT AL TANF BECAUSE WITH ORDERING THAT MISSILE
STRIKE, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CHANGED ITS POLICY
POSITION 180 DEGREES ALL OF A SUDDEN AND NOW THE U.S. MILITARY
IS IN SYRIA TO ATTACK THE SYRIAN MILITARY.
SO THAT CHANGES THE PROVERBIAL WEATHER FOR AMERICAN FORCES IN
SYRIA THAT DAY. THEY ARE ALREADY IN A DANGEROUS
PLACE BUT THAT CHANGED THE WEATHER IN WHICH THEY OPERATED
FROM STORMY TO HURRICANE INSTANTLY.
IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RETALIATION FOR THAT U.S.
MISSILE STRIKE, IF THERE WAS GB TO BE RETALIATION BY THE SYRIAN
MILITARY OR BY THE RUSSIAN MILITARY, IF THEY WERE GOING TO
COME AFTER U.S. FORCES IN RETALIATION FOR THAT MISSILE
STRIKE, IT SUDDENLY BECAME VERY IMPORTANT IN VERY PRACTICAL
TERMS THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT HAVE A KNOWN BASE
FULL OF DOZENS OF AMERICAN ELITE TROOPS SITTING THERE INSIDE
SYRIA WITH A BULL'S EYE ON THEM WAITING TO BE ATTACKED BECAUSE
EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY ARE THERE. AND SO WHEN THAT MISSILE STRIKE
HAPPENED, THESE U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS TROOPS LEFT AL TANF
QUICKLY AND TOOK OFF INTO THE DESERT SO THEY WOULDN'T BE
SITTING DUCKS ON THAT BASE AND THEY WAITED FOR WHATEVER
RETALIATION MIGHT COME. IN FACT, AFTER THE SPECIAL
OPERATORS LEFT THEIR BASE AND WENT OUT INTO THE DESERT, ALL
HELL DID BREAK LOOSE. BUT IT WAS NOT A BOMBING RAID BY
SYRIAN PLANES OR BY RUSSIAN PLANES.
TURNS OUT IT WAS A CAR BOMB AT THE BASE.
ISIS FIGHTERS ROLLED THE CAR BOMB UP TO THE ENTRY TO AL TANF,
TO THAT U.S. BASE, AND BLEW THE GATES OPEN AND THEN STREAMED IN.
U.S. MILITARY IS DESCRIBING 20 TO 30 ISIS FIGHTERS, SOME OF
THEM WEARING SUICIDE VESTS, THEY USED A CAR BOMB TO BLOW THE
GATE, BREACHED THE PERIMETER, GOT INSIDE, STARTED TO OVERRUN
THAT U.S. BASE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA.
NOW, THE U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS TROOPS WHO HAVE BEEN BASED
THERE, THEY HAD LEFT. THEY HAD GONE OUT INTO THE
DESERT BUT SOME WERE THERE AT THE BASE.
CENTCOM SAYS THREE WERE KILLED IN THE RESULTING FIRE FIGHT.
ONCE THE BATTLE GOT STARTED, IT WASN'T JUST SYRIANS AGAINST
SYRIANS OR ISIS AGAINST ISIS. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE REPORTS,
THAT U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES WHO HAD HUNKERED DOWN IN
THE DESERT TO TRY TO AVOID WHATEVER RETALIATION MIGHT COME
FROM THE MISSILE STRIKE, ONCE THE FIRE FIGHT STARTED AT THEIR
BASE, THEY CAME SCREAMING BACK OUT OF THE DESERT TO TRY TO SAVE
THAT BASE. AND WHAT FOLLOWED, WE'RE TOLD,
WAS ABOUT THREE HOURS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CLOSE COMBAT FIRE
FIGHT BETWEEN THESE 20 TO 30 ISIS FIGHTERS AND DOZENS OF U.S.
SPECIAL OPERATORS WHO ARE BASED AT THAT BASE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA.
APPARENTLY THE FIGHTING CULMINATED AND THE U.S. TROOPS
CALLING IN MULTIPLE AIR STRIKES TO HIT THE ISIS GUYS AND THEREBY
SAVE THAT OUTPOST. IN THE END, THESE U.S. FORCES
WERE ABLE TO TAKE IT BACK. THEY WON THAT BATTLE THEY SAVED
THAT BASE. BUT AS I MENTIONED, CENTCOM HAS
NOW CONFIRMED SOME OF THEIR ALLIES WERE KILLED IN THE FIGHT.
THE PENTAGON IS CALLING THIS A SERIOUS FIGHT.
THEY ARE DESCRIBING IT AS A RARE, EXTENDED, CLOSE QUARTERS
BATTLE BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND A LARGE NUMBER OF ISIS FIGHTERS.
ONE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TELLS STARS AND STRIPES, THIS
WAS A COORDINATED, COMPLEX ATTACK.
AMERICAN MILITARY FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOVED ONES SERVING OVERSEAS
ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA, THEY KNOW ACUTELY, RIGHT, OBVIOUSLY,
THAT THAT'S A VERY SERIOUSLY RISKY PLACE FOR ANY AMERICAN TO
BE SERVING RIGHT NOW. BUT WITH THAT MISSILE STRIKE,
WITH THE UNITED STATES WITH THAT MISSILE STRIKE BECOMING A WHOLE
DIFFERENT KIND OF COMBATANT IN THIS SIX-YEAR-LONG CIVIL WAR,
WITH THAT MISSILE STRIKE LAUNCHED THURSDAY NIGHT, U.S.
TIME, FRIDAY SYRIA TIME, WITH THAT STRIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
THREAT ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE U.S. TROOPS ARE SERVING IN
SYRIA, THEIR THREAT ENVIRONMENT CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN ACADEMIC THING OR BROAD-SCALE GENERIC
ASSESSMENT. THIS IS ABOUT SPECIFIC
AMERICANS. THESE ARE DOZENS OF AMERICANS
OPERATING OUT OF THAT BASE AT AL TANF.
THAT MISSILE STRIKE PUT THOSE AMERICANS IN A POSITION OF
HAVING TO ULTIMATELY FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR HOURS IN CLOSE
COMBAT, ULTIMATELY WITH AIR SUPPORT JUST TO HOLD ON TO THAT
BASE. TODAY, THE NEW PRESIDENT DID AN
INTERVIEW ON THE FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THAT INTERVIEW HE VOLUNTEERED AND SORT OF AN AWKWARD NEW
THOUGHT ABOUT SYRIA. I SHOULD TELL YOU, I'M GOING TO
PLAY WHAT HE SAID HERE BUT IT'S ALSO AWKWARD HOW THEY
BROADCASTED IT. THEY COVERED IT WITH A FANCY
CABLE TV ANIMATION. YOU CAN HEAR WHAT HE SAYS HERE.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING INTO SYRIA. >> SO THIS WAS NOT THE RESPONSE
TO A QUESTION. THIS IS THE START OF THEIR
SEGMENT. WE'RE NOT GOING INTO SYRIA.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF BY "WE" HE MEANS -- I DON'T KNOW WHO HE
MEANS. WE THE TRUMP FAMILY.
IF BY "WE" HE MEANS THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ISN'T GOING INTO
SYRIA, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY IS ALREADY IN SYRIA IN PRETTY BIG NUMBERS AND THAT
MAKES THESE COMMENTS TODAY, THESE SORT OF VOLUNTEERED OUT OF
NOWHERE COMMENTS ABOUT SYRIA, IT MAKES THEM A STRANGE THING TO
HEAR. >> JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, WE'RE
NOT GOING INTO SYRIA. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, WE'RE
NOT GOING INTO SYRIA. NOW, ARE WE GOING TO GET
INVOLVED WITH SYRIA? NO.
>> NO? WE ALREADY ARE INVOLVED WITH
SYRIA. IF BY INVOLVED YOU MEAN HUNDREDS
OF BRAVE AMERICANS RISKING THEIR LIVES THERE EVERY DAY.
I MEAN, THIS PRESIDENT, ANY PRESIDENT, RIGHT, AS COMMANDER
IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, THAT INCLUDES U.S. TROOPS
INVOLVED IN SYRIA AS WE SPEAK TONIGHT AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S
ACTIONS IN SYRIA JUST OVER THE LAST FEW DAY DAYS HAVE ALREADY
RAISED THE MORTAL STAKES FOR THOSE AMERICANS IMMENSELY.
>> NOW, ARE WE GOING TO GET INVOLVED WITH SYRIA?
NO. >> NO.
>> AS THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION STRIDES INTO THE MIDDLE OF SOME
OF THE MOST COMPLEX STUFF ON EARTH, FOR A LOT OF AMERICANS,
STATEMENTS LIKE THAT FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY, THEY BRING
ABOUT KIND OF A GUT-CHECK MOMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT OURR
GOVERNMENT, THE ONLY GOVERNMENT WE'VE GOT, WHETHER THEY'VE GOT A
HANDLE ON THE BASES, WHETHER THEY UNDERSTAND THE BASES,
WHETHER THEY CAN, OF COURSE, DO THE BASIC STUFF THAT AN AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO.
IN THAT SAME INTERVIEW TODAY, THE PRESIDENT TOLD FOX NEWS THAT
IN THE LAST CALL THAT HE HAD WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA, HE
SAID THE CHINESE PRESIDENT WALKED HIM THROUGH THOUSANDS OF
YEARS OF HISTORY BETWEEN CHINA AND KOREA.
HE SAID -- THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. "HE EXPLAINS THOUSANDS OF YEARS
OF HISTORY WITH KOREA. NOT THAT EASY.
IN OTHER WORDS, NOT AS SIMPLE AS PEOPLE WOULD THINK."
BY WHICH PRESUMABLY WHAT HE MEANS IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS HE
THOUGHT IT WAS. BUT NOW THAT THE PRESIDENT OF
CHINA HAS EXPLAINED IT TO HIM, IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
THE PRESIDENT IS LEARNING BASIC HISTORY FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
CHINA IN A PHONE CALL IS NOT IDEAL IN TERMS OF THIS GUT-CHECK
MOMENT AS TO WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHAT IT IS
DOING. BUT WORRYING ABOUT ONE PERSON,
EVEN IF THAT ONE PERSON IS THE PRESIDENT, THAT'S AN EASIER
THING THAN WORRYING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT MORE BROADLY, RIGHT?
AND THIS ISN'T A ONE-MAN WORRY. THERE ARE ALSO GUT-CHECK
QUESTIONS NOW ON DAYS LIKE TODAY IN THE NEWS ABOUT HOW THE WHOLE
U.S. GOVERNMENT OPERATES AND WHETHER BASIC MINIMUM STANDARDS
ARE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN HANDLE OR THAT THEY EVEN HAVE AN
INTEREST IN ATTEMPTING. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THAT CALL WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF READOUT OF THE CALL, A READOUT OF WHAT WAS
DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE TWO READERS.
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE WHEN PRESIDENTS HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH
EACH OTHER, IT'S NEVER A PERSONAL MATTER.
THAT'S LITERALLY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THERE'S A NATIONAL
INTEREST IN KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE CALLS, THERE'S
A BASIC EXPECTATION THAT THERE WILL BE NOTE TAKERS AND AN
OFFICIAL RECORD OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT CALL AND A PUBLIC
STATEMENT OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED BETWEEN THESE TWO LEADERS.
THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THAT'S HOW
IT'S DONE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE, NOBODY
MISUNDERSTANDS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED, NOBODY
MISCHARACTERIZES SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AND NOBODY STARTS A
WAR. WE HAD A CONVERSATION, WE AGREE
THIS IS WHAT WAS SAID AND WHAT WAS DECIDED.
THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. AFTER THIS CALL TODAY BETWEEN
THE CHINESE PRESIDENT AND OUR PRESIDENT, THE CHINESE PRESIDENT
RELEASED A LENGTHY READOUT. THIS ISN'T ALL OF IT.
THE CHINESE PRESIDENT AND HIS U.S. COUNTERPART HAD A TELEPHONE
CONVERSATION, THEY DISCUSSED THE SITUATION ON THE KOREAN
PENINSULA. PRESIDENT XI SAID CHINA STICKS
TO THE TARGET TO THE DENUCLEARIZATION AND PRESIDENT
XI SAID ANY USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
HE ASKED FOR TEAMS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA IS
ACHIEVED SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE FRUITFUL RESULTS.
THEY ENDED UP DISCUSSIONS AND REACHED AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION
ON BILATERAL RELATIONS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT ALL OF THESE POINTS OF DETAIL
AND ALL OF THESE POINTS OF DISCUSSION.
THAT'S WHAT THESE READOUTS WERE LIKE.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT CALL.
HERE WAS THE AMERICAN READOUT TODAY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT
CALL. HERE IT IS.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT XI OF CHINA TO
FOLLOW UP AFTER PRESIDENT XI'S VISIT TO MAR-A-LAGO.
IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE CALL. THAT'S THE OFFICIAL U.S.
GOVERNMENT READOUT OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT CALL.
FROM THE PRESS SECRETARY. SERIOUSLY, THAT WAS IT.
THAT'S IT. AND THAT -- THAT'S NOT LIKE
TAKING A TEST AND GETTING THE ANSWERS WRONG.
THAT IS LIKE SHOWING UP TO TAKE A TEST AND YOU'RE NOT WEARING
PANTS AND THEY WON'T LET YOU IN. THIS IS NOT EVEN TRYING TO MEET
THE BASIC STANDARDS OF WHAT EVEN A LOUSY GOVERNMENT DOES IN BASIC
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. EASY STUFF.
WHEN IT COMES TO EXPECTATIONS NOT JUST FOR HOW ANY COUNTRY
WILL BEHAVE BUT FOR HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL BEHAVE
SPECIFICALLY, ALLY, THERE'S ANO THING TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW
THEY ARE BLOWING IT, HOW THEY ARE JUST DOING IT WRONG.
AND THE BEST WE CAN HOPE HERE IS THEY ARE JUST IGNORANT AND
SCREWING UP BECAUSE IF THEY ARE DOING IT THIS W

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