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'Let them take care of it!' Trump washes his hands of Syria amid unconfirmed airstrike reports...
dm ^ | 10/7/2019 | By DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR and WIRES and DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DA

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.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Syria
KEYWORDS: erdogan; isis; kurdistan; receptayyiperdogan; syria; trump; turkey
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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.

41 posted on 10/07/2019 3:32:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

25 too many. Why don’t the congress people send their own children over there if they think it is such a good idea.


42 posted on 10/07/2019 3:33:02 PM PDT by Maudeen (The surest fact in all the world is not death but the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.)
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To: mrsmith
At least ERD will kill the prisoners that weren’t on his side.

Sure he will. On a list of least trustworthy world leaders Erdogan needs to be near the top.

43 posted on 10/07/2019 3:33:03 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: RummyChick
Countries in what he said is 'not a friendly neighborhood' wil have to make do without the United States, Trump said …

We have to get out; and hopefully realize Islam is an ongoing threat to us, no matter how well disguised.
Otherwise our troops will be shot in the back by so-called Muslim allies.- Tom

44 posted on 10/07/2019 3:33:49 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: dsrtsage

The Democrats and their toady media allies go all warmonger if a Republican seeks to extricate U.S troops from quagmires. These freaks never cared about Tutsis being massacred during Clinton’s presidency.


45 posted on 10/07/2019 3:36:52 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Magnatron

Uh, why Japan? Japan is our ally now, they actually pay us to be there and the most hazardous thing for our troops there routinely encounter is voluntary alcohol poisoning or falling off their ship.


46 posted on 10/07/2019 3:36:52 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: RummyChick

Our founding fathers warned against getting entangled in foreign wars.


47 posted on 10/07/2019 3:37:00 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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To: RummyChick

So our supposed ally, Turkey, attacks another ally.

I can see why Trump would be frustrated.

Would’ve been more ballsy to shoot Turkish planes out of the sky.


48 posted on 10/07/2019 3:40:47 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: RummyChick
President Trump sure has all the right people moaning about this move.


49 posted on 10/07/2019 3:41:09 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The line that separates satire and t Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (thranks to jonascord)!)
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To: DoodleDawg

Oh, I think we can ‘trust’ Erd to kill his enemies.

Manbij city will be the test of this. If there is slaughter there- Trump will be diminished.
If not, things might work out as best they can.


50 posted on 10/07/2019 3:43:52 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: RummyChick
          

Anonymous sources report lindsy hitting the bottle in despair.

51 posted on 10/07/2019 3:46:32 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: dowcaet
Thanks for posting this reality:

For a hundred years this country has paid a high price for the mistakes done at Versailles in 1919 and afterwards when the Europeans carved up the Middle East into their own spheres of influence. Now we’re the ones holding the bag for the mess over there.

Then as soon as WWII was over in Europe, the UK and its oil hungry allies carved up the middle east again and created the tribal countries causing the Middle East wars since then.

President Trump is saying as you noted, "Enough is Enough" you guys handle it and divide up the oil and natural gas.

We are out of it and don't need oil from the middle east.

52 posted on 10/07/2019 3:49:23 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The line that separates satire, Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (thranks to jonascord)!)
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To: HChampagne
Thanks to the European colonizers after WWII

America needs to stop trying to clean up the mess of the effects of the remapping of former colonies,people,religions,cultures,tribes and countries etc. This folly has led to countless graves filled with our soldiers.

53 posted on 10/07/2019 3:50:32 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: RummyChick

Bring the Troops HOME!

Trump is doing the right thing.

GO TRUMP GO!


54 posted on 10/07/2019 3:52:45 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (eWFight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: RummyChick

I suspect Trump’s got his ducks in a row...He knows he can’t tell anyone-—leakers...


55 posted on 10/07/2019 4:01:26 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Grampa Dave

Thanks for the kind word. I remember Rush saying on his show a few years back something to the effect that a State Department employee who specialized in Middle East affairs could be at their job for fifty years and retire without anything ever being resolved over there. The diplomacy done in that region of the world has been among the biggest blunders in the history of international affairs. We’re never going to solve the problems over there.


56 posted on 10/07/2019 4:05:28 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: dowcaet

The Middle East has always been where big nations go to die.


57 posted on 10/07/2019 4:08:58 PM PDT by Don Corleone (nothing upsets the left more than the truth)
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To: mrsmith
Oh, I think we can ‘trust’ Erd to kill his enemies.

ISIS is our enemy. Are they really Erdogans?

Manbij city will be the test of this. If there is slaughter there- Trump will be diminished. If not, things might work out as best they can.

Depends on who gets slaughtered.

58 posted on 10/07/2019 4:09:01 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Only about half of the imprisoned terrorists are Erd’s buddies... the others are his enemies’ buddies.
I see reports Syrian forces are headed to Manbij. If they ally with the Kurds against Turks that would be an encouraging sign.


59 posted on 10/07/2019 4:14:57 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: RummyChick

This is the right decision, but terrible timing for the upcoming impeachment battle. There are many Republican Senators denouncing this decision, including Mitch McConnell. The uproar will lend cover for the weak kneed GOP to get even more passive or support a conviction vote in the Senate.


60 posted on 10/07/2019 4:20:10 PM PDT by Truth29
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