Posted on 10/07/2019 2:53:23 PM PDT by RummyChick
Donald Trump on Monday washed his hands of the Syrian military quagmire and defended his decision to pull U.S. troops 7,000 miles homeward, saying any resurgence of the ISIS terror army would no longer be America's immediate concern.
Countries in what he said is 'not a friendly neighborhood' wil have to make do without the United States, Trump said after signing a trade agreement at the White House.
'Iran is an example. Hates ISIS, and ISIS hates Iran. Iraq, you know all about that. Turkey. Syria,' he rattled off.
'Let them take care of it. Let them take care of it. We want to bring our troops back home.
Trump said the explosive disassembly of the ISIS caliphate had left tens of thousands of people in custod,y including both soldiers and civilians, 'and we can't release them.'
I told president Erdogan, 'It's going to be your responsibility,' he said of Turkey's leader.
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Heard Trump speech on this today. 50 US troops pulled from certain area. Trump knows Turkey is coming and he doesn’t want them killed.
Syria is a Sov, er, Russian client state.
This is their problem.
Pack up and bring ‘em home.
Not one more American service member or one more taxpayer dollar.
BLOOD FOR OIL is all I heard from the commie left during the Bush years..now the left loves war all of a sudden..if Trump had sent MORE troops to Syria they would be trashing him for that too
Would you trust Erdogan on anything? Especially once he's got his free hand with the Kurds?
We don’t have a dog in that fight.
Let the Russian accrue some ill-will in the region.
At least ERD will kill the prisoners that weren’t on his side.
That’s probably half of them.
Should have done it long ago.
Agreed. Too many beautiful young American lives snuffed out for what....the Middle East? Thank God the U.S. is energy independent.
This is sort of wag the dog in reverse. Instead of starting a war to get attention off an impeachment (as in the movie), Trump is pulling out of a war and in the process getting the media to talk about something other than impeachment.
Did you not see Trumps threat to Turkey? No trust there.
Seehs, operate your brain just a little before you post.
Let Russia deal with the Turks. We are only bringing 25 troops home.
100% agree!
This should just be the start of it...
Syria now, then Afghanistan, then Iraq, then Germany, then Japan, rinse and repeat until clean.
Not our circus, not our monkeys. The world is a miserable place. It’s not our place to police it — especially with our most valuable treasures our kids.
IDK about that.
But it is an amusing thought.
Personally I prefer the Ripley Solution
I can’t help but think he is giving Erdogan, just enough rope to hang himself.
Erdogan over steps and we have a true way to get him out of NATO, with out Europe crying over it.
We need to stop being the worlds policeman. It’s not our problem. It’s not our country, and it’s not our issue.
Let the locals deal with this mess.
No mention that it is only 25 troops and the UN peace keepers can be there in less than an hour?
A bunch out of the Kurdistan keyword, sorted chrono, edited:
You mean this one?
if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!).
Does he sound serious to you? Sound like sarcasm and more than a little trolling to me. Like when he turned to Putin and said, "Don't interfere in our elections!" He's mocking those who are criticizing him and not delivering a threat.
Seehs, operate your brain just a little before you post.
Might want to try the same yourself.
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