“What is our night worth, if we are unwilling to do the right things with it.”
As I understand it we had about 150 people there. That’s not enough to stop anything. We would have to commit to attacking an “ally.” It would be a major effort with hundreds of us servicemen in Turkey at bases like Incirlik. How, when we attack Turkey, are we going to get our people out of Turkey? Now, on the other hand, if we give the Kurds hundreds of TOW missiles and tell Turkey they have them, this whole thing may become a tempest in a teapot.
The politics in the region make the Byzantine Empire look like a kindergarten class. I think Trump is making the only call he can in a situation where there is no “right” thing to do.
To me your suggestion makes sense.
I have no problem with that stall. Thdkurds haven’t asked us to fight their battles. They’ve been willing to mix it up. As you say, just kidding e them the means to protect themselves.
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As for Syria being an ally, I remain unconvinced.
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We may have a working relationship, but I don’t see them as fellow travelers.
Not much information on the numbers. I found an old article from March of 2019. In that it said there were about 2,000 troops in Syria, and they were planning on drawing it down to about 200 troops.
So I’m not sure if that draw down occurred and now we are pulling out the 200 troops remaining, or if we are finally getting around to getting some of those 2,000 troops out.
Wasn’t it in Syria where hundreds of troops led by Soviet personnel were stopped by something like five of our guys? (Plus air support I suppose.) I can see us not wanting to be in the middle of that and sparking who-knows-what.
I appologize for that first reply. I try to respond on my iPhone but there are times when I go back and am astonished at how fractured the post are.
Here is what I meant to say:
To me your suggestion makes sense.
I have no problem with that at all. The kurds haven’t asked us to fight their battles. They’ve been willing to mix it up. As you say, just giving them the means to protect themselves will suffice.
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As for Syria being an ally, I remain unconvinced.
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We may have a working relationship, but I don’t see them as fellow travelers.