At first I thought this was a stupid move by Trump. But our troops were not placed there to give aid to the Kurds in their ongoing conflict with Turkey. They were placed there to get rid of the ISIS Caliphate.
Mission Accomplished.
Time to get out.
It’s also long passed time we got out of Afghanistan. We’ve been there about 17 years longer than necessary.
Trump promised to get us out of these endless conflicts. We voted for him. We should not be surprised when he keeps his promises.
The Kurds are perfectly capable of fighting their own battles with Turkey. If Turkey puts boots on the ground, there will be a lot of Turkish soldiers pushing up daisies. I don’t think it is in our best interests to start shooting the Soldiers of a NATO ally or having them shoot ours.
As Rand Paul points out, the Turks want to repatriate 2 million Syrians. If they don’t return to Syria, Turkey will send them to Europe, and we know some of those refugees will come to the USA. I’ve also read this morning that the US has no troops at all in the regions that Turkey will be occupying to provide a zone for the returning Syrians.
So, any conflict they have in that zone with Kurds must not be Kurds who are co-located with Americans.