I don’t disagree with you, but Trump might have done better in this instance by not explaining his decision at all, other than to say our troops had to be moved out of harm’s way.
The Kurds were heavily involved in the Armenian massacres in World War I. So, I have some sympathy for them today, but only some. They are Moslems after all, and might be characterized as the best of a bad lot.
And gassed by Saddam
I think Trump could have handled this better.
They joined up with the Ottoman empire before that. When that was broken up, they were promised a country of their own by treaty but three years later, that got canceled by another treaty. Those treaties were drawn up by the UK and France. We had nothing to do with it. I don’t see how or why we’re helping them defend their land when they don’t have a land to defend. They’re spread out on a mountain range that spans four countries. The kurds started out as NW Iranians and spread North through the mountain range. It’s akin to defending the borders of the Appalachian people.
BINGO!