[TADSLOS]

Just another impeachable offense according to the RATs.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Funny how the left went after Trump for bashing NATO but Turkey is a NATO ally, if they were ever attacked we would have to defend Turkey so which is it commies

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

But but but Jim, the Kurds are such great people (Maoist Muslims) who as they stormed Raqqa were clearly heard screaming “Alah Akbar... We do this for America... not for our land”

Why don’t we start a gofundme to buy Shep pink cammo and a plane ticket so he can go fight in their tribal conflict.

[zeestephen]

Declare war on Turkey?

No thanks.

Turkey is in NATO, right?

In that case, Trump needs to support the expulsion of Turkey from NATO unless Recep Erdogan - Turkey's Muslim dictator - resigns.

[dangus]

HELL YES.

Your problem is your supposition that Turkey is our friend. No enemy in our history hated us more than Erdogan’s regime. To compare our relation with Erdogan to ours with Nazi Germany, every last American would have to be a gun-toting Romani Jewish banker with a thing for race-mixing on the down-low.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Total destruction and obliteration of the Turkish economy in 5,4,3...

[P-Marlowe]

As I said on a previous thread:

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.

[Eurotwit]

I am not sure what is happening Jim, but one thing needs to be made clear. Again truth...

The kurds are not angels.

I think that is what Trump tried to say with the “Normandie” comment.

Yes, they have been good for us, but only because they have been fighting for their own interest. Which is a large Kurdish state - which Syrian part happens to have most of the Syrian oil...

It is very complicated...

If we are getting out of Syria...

Maybe let Assad retake those areas. That is what Erdogan says he will do anyhow? Just move in for the time being...

But, it is more complicated than that. It is about pipelines and..

I do not know...

I just want peace.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

Great question. And Kurds are an ethnicity, not a state. So they don’t qualify as an ally in the traditional sense.

We abandoned the Kurds in the 1970’s, too. We have to look after our national interests & not be embroiled in every ethnic conflict around the world.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Unless you want to take on Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria to carve out a country for the Kurds, there’s no reason for us to remain there.

[pepsi_junkie]

For the globalist war mongers the solution to this dilemma is simple: We cannot declare war on a NATO ally to protect a non-NATO ally so obviously we need to withdraw from NATO and then we can go into the ruinous war with Turkey that they want.

Of course having us withdraw from NATO would make their heads explode so it's a real problem for them. I guess Trump's solution will have to do.

[grania]

I've been bringing this up for years. Turkey is a NATO ally. When Kurds attack inside Turkey, we're supposed to defend Turkey. I think if Turkey does the attacking, we don't have to support them. The only answer that might work is if the Kurds are granted a nation, the northern third of Iraq. The problem is Western map-making mischief over the past 100 years. There is no Kurdistan, and Saudi Arabia and Israel were established. Both of those nations want to extend their power and territory and they benefit from chaos engulfing their neighbors. From the sound of things, we've supported some folks who are allies by day and do their own thing in their free time.

And now in the US we have everyone wanting us to return to war without realizing President Trump just might have had a plan if they had just shut up.

[petro45acp]

Simpler to turn the is is camps and all those supporters into smoking holes (get our Kurds and troops clear first).

Just sayin, big swatches of land suddenly disappear just before the column gets there, presumably taking the forces the column was trying to rescue from durance vile? Nice picture.

Turkey is a noto ally the way the un is about individual liberty.

KYPD

[TomServo]

He’ll have to get back to you, Jim. Fresh mascara and a run in his hose

[familyop]

There should be no declaration of war against Turkey at this point. There are other ways to help friendlies in that area of operations. Sanctions against Turkey might be wise along with continued efforts to isolate Iran.

We’ve lost 8 U.S. servicemen in the Syrian Civil War, 6 of those losses related to combat.

[Harpotoo]

Does congress even need to ask the President if they want to declare war on some party?

[familyop]

186 Turks killed so far, 119 Russians, many of them in crashes, and 60 Lebanese.

[Williams]

Bingo!

[ealgeone]

Turkey is a partner in name only.

[Sirius Lee]

These idiots don’t know who they want to declare war on. They just want to continue war-without-end as a general principle.