The Kurds helped the US and NATO against ISIS in Northern Syria….
Turkey has NEVER been happy with the Kurds trying to have their own state in that area…
We now have American and NATO troops LEAVING the area so that Turkey can move into the area…
The Kurdish/Turkey conflict has been bloody and long lasting….
Turkey has been friendly with Russia recently even though it is a NATO member …
Hmmmm?
Did I just say that the Russian card is being played here?
BTW?
The American State Department AND Defence Department is AGAINST this order from their Commander -in-Chief….
In a major shift in United States military policy in Syria, the White House said on Sunday that President Trump had given his endorsement for a Turkish military operation that would sweep away American-backed Kurdish forces near the border in Syria.
Turkey considers the Kurdish forces to be a terrorist insurgency, and has long sought to end American support for the group. But the Kurdish fighters, which are part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, or S.D.F., have been the United States’ most reliable partner in fighting the Islamic State in a strategic corner of northern Syria.
Now, Mr. Trump’s decision goes against the recommendations of top officials in the Pentagon and the State Department who have sought to keep a small troop presence in northeast Syria to continue operations against the Islamic State, or ISIS, and to act as a critical counterweight to Iran and Russia.
Administration officials said that Mr. Trump spoke directly with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on the issue on Sunday. And the officials indicated that the 100 to 150 United States military personnel deployed to that area would be pulled back in advance of any Turkish operation but that they would not be completely withdrawn from Syria.
President Trump on Monday said it is time to remove the United States from “ridiculous endless wars” after he decided to pull back American troops from northern Syria amid an impending Turkish military operation there.
“The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so. They have been fighting Turkey for decades. I held off this fight for … almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home,” Trump tweeted….
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President Trump’s former ISIS envoy on Monday slammed the decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria, calling the president “impulsive” and claiming the move will help Russia, Iran and ISIS.
“Donald Trump is not a Commander-in-Chief. He makes impulsive decisions with no knowledge or deliberation,” Brett McGurk tweeted. “He sends military personnel into harm’s way with no backing. He blusters and then leaves our allies exposed when adversaries call his bluff or he confronts a hard phone call.”
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Hillary Clinton on Monday slammed the Trump administration’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria.
“Let us be clear: The president has sided with authoritarian leaders of Turkey and Russia over our loyal allies and America’s own interests,” Clinton, a former secretary of State and senator and President Trump’s Democratic rival in 2016, tweeted.
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The Kurds should have told him they had dirt on Biden…
“The President, who allowed Khashoggi to be cut in pieces without any repercussions whatsoever, is now allowing the Christians and the Kurds to be massacred by the Turks,” “And I believe ― and I want to say this with great solemnity ― the president of the United States is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven if he permits this to happen.”
Pat Robertson
Amen….
That pompous windbag .who is he or any of those religious hucksters (Falwell, Graham)to proclaim the“mandate of heaven” on anyone,least of all the likes of Trump
Cards live to fight another day!
The Cards had a better day that the Kurds.