The United States appears to be heading toward a full military withdrawal from Syria amid growing chaos, cries of betrayal and signs that Turkey’s invasion could fuel a broader war.Make no mistake about this: Every once of blood that has beeh shed by Kurds in the last week is on Trumps cowardly hands. The Kurdish political leader, Hevrin Khalaf, who was forced out of her car and murdered by Turkish proxies: Those deaths are on Trump's head.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that President Donald Trump had directed U.S. troops in northern Syria to begin pulling out “as safely and quickly as possible.” He did not say Trump ordered troops to leave Syria, but that seemed like the next step in a combat zone growing more unstable by the hour.
To a lesser extent, the bloodshed and murdering, the release of IS fighters, all of that is also on the hands of those who have been defending this unstable maniac for the duration of his presidency.
I hope you guys are pleased with yourselves. You guys have spent years criticizing President Obama for withdrawing forces from Iraq under an agreement negotiated with Iraq by President Bush. There was no negotiation here, just Trump, on a whim, caving to the demands of a third-rate autocrat.
As I said: This is on you.
Syrian troops already moving into the border areas at Kurds request, I expect the Russians to be asked for aircover and Donnie to turn tail and run.
ReplyDeleteThe Kurds, after being attacked by Arab militia shock troops consisting in part of Al-Qaeda and ISIS fighters, have made a deal with the Russian backed Assad regime, basically ceding the whole place to Russia, Assad, Iran, and ISIS, and "bracketing" 1,000 US troops between Turkish artillery.
ReplyDelete-Doug in Oakland