Oh well.
“Usually I’m on Trump’s side. But this is a bad move. It didn’t take much to protect the Kurds. All we had to do was to flex our muscles.”
Our major base in the region is inside Turkey. I don’t know how many Americans are there but probably several thousand. We had somewhere around 150 people in the Syrian Kurd region. How, exactly, would Trump flex our muscle when everyone at the Turkish base where we rent space could be rounded up and held prisoner? Trump made the only move he could under the circumstances.
On the other hand, I suspect Turkey is ripe for a civil war and substantial casualties here might kick that off.
Nope, Trump is right. This is just anti-Trump hype. Turkish forces have been fighting for a long time. We have 50 guys there. They just give weapons to the Turks and show them how to use them. Because of us, there is no deal, no peace. We just provide weapons and cash. We are in a no win situation that we can’t continue. The Kurds got their billions worth of weapons and support. And as long as they get it, they will keep fighting. Our weapons don’t make peace. They just keep the fighting going on.
This news story could have been shown 3 months ago. Nothing has changed. Our 50 guys are still there. Our weapons are still there. The fighting is the same. You and the news just weren’t paying attention to it.
Trump may very well get impeached for his call with Erdogan.