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'A stain on America’s honor': Lindsey Graham calls Trump's claim that ISIS has been defeated...
DM ^ | 10/7/2019 | By DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR and CHRIS DYER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and WIRES

Posted on 10/07/2019 8:02:08 AM PDT by RummyChick

Donald Trump issued a stern defense on Monday of his decision to withdraw American forces from parts of northern Syria, a move that will make way for a Turkish invasion in the region and likely doom the Kurdish fighters who the U.S. has been aiding for years.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of his long-planned offensive on Monday. Trump justified his decision in a five-part 247-word tweetstorm, framing it as part of a larger policy of pulling U.S. troops out of 'ridiculous Endless Wars' and insisting that the ISIS caliphate is now '100%' defeated.

'WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN, the U.S. president wrote in allcaps.

He fumed at European allies' refusal to accept the repatriation of their citizens who U.S. forces have captured as fighters for the ISIS terror army.

And he appeared unmoved by international concerns that a power vacuum will favor an ISIS resurgence and a Kurdish slaughter.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: John S Mosby; Vaden
You knew bin laden blew up the excellent kurd leader— with a bomb in a camera infiltrated with a report.

That was Ahmad Shah Masood, killed 9/9/2001. He was a Tajik (an Afghani,from NE Afghanistan), not a Kurd. Your posts are interesting, but Masood had nothing to do with the Kurds.

61 posted on 10/07/2019 2:35:42 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: Vaden

you’re sad bro.

i will say a prayer


62 posted on 10/07/2019 2:36:51 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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