Posted on 01/08/2019 2:49:42 AM PST by McGruff
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is set to depart Turkey without meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an apparent snub over disagreements about Kurdish fighters in Syria.
National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said U.S. officials were told Erdogan cited local election season and a speech to parliament for not meeting with Bolton.
In the speech to parliament Tuesday, Erdogan criticized the U.S. position that the Kurds must be protected, reiterating his governments position that they are a terrorist group.
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Come on!
So you disagree with the Monroe Doctrine?
And you would not defend Israel? or Nationalist China ?
I am not a neocon nor do I believe we should be the worlds policeman
BUT we do have interests outside our borders and isolation is not practical in our small world.
The Kurds aren't among them. Or if they are, they aren't even among the 50 most important foreign policy matters for the U.S. to deal with.
A government that pisses away hundreds of billions dollars and thousands of lives on these stupid military campaigns -- while at the same time refusing to protect its own borders here at home -- should NEVER be trusted in its foreign policy pursuits.
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