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Trump Followed His Gut on Syria. Calamity Came Fast.
The New York Times ^ | October 14th, 2019 | David E. Sanger

Posted on 10/14/2019 3:44:39 PM PDT by Mariner

President Trump’s acquiescence to Turkey’s move to send troops deep inside Syrian territory has in only one week’s time turned into a bloody carnage, forced the abandonment of a successful five-year-long American project to keep the peace on a volatile border, and given an unanticipated victory to four American adversaries: Russia, Iran, the Syrian government and the Islamic State.

Rarely has a presidential decision resulted so immediately in what his own party leaders have described as disastrous consequences for American allies and interests. How this decision happened — springing from an “off-script moment” with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, in the words of a senior American diplomat — likely will be debated for years by historians, Middle East experts and conspiracy theorists.

But this much already is clear: Mr. Trump ignored months of warnings from his advisers about what calamities likely would ensue if he followed his instincts to pull back from Syria and abandon America’s longtime allies, the Kurds. He had no Plan B, other than to leave. The only surprise is how swiftly it all collapsed around the president and his depleted, inexperienced foreign policy team.

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And over the weekend, State and Energy Department officials were quietly reviewing plans for evacuating roughly 50 tactical nuclear weapons that the United States had long stored, under American control, at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, about 250 miles from the Syrian border, according to two American officials.

Those weapons, one senior official said, were now essentially Erdogan’s hostages. To fly them out of Incirlik would be to mark the de facto end of the Turkish-American alliance. To keep them there, though, is to perpetuate a nuclear vulnerability that should have been eliminated years ago.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; US: New York
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

We have Russia and Syria now fighting w/Kurds against Turkish bad guys.


81 posted on 10/14/2019 4:24:32 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: taxcontrol
I would assume that every nuclear weapon in Turkey has a "failsafe" self-destruct mechanism in place that enables it to be destroyed in a catastrophic emergency.

Seizing those things would be the dumbest thing anyone could possibly do.

82 posted on 10/14/2019 4:25:09 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

A good read, on this subject....

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/14/president-trump-announces-initial-economic-action-against-turkey-erdogan-left-naked-to-his-enemies/


83 posted on 10/14/2019 4:25:32 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: dp0622

I agree. There was many ISIS prisoners. Many of them were from several European countries. Others were from Iraq. I don’t know about the rest. However, there was a call out to these nations to pick up their prisoners. The European nations would not take them. Iraq would not take them. Everyone who weaseled out of taking their prisoners share the blame for the Turks being unable to contain them when the bombs started to drop. I am sure US troops would not have been able to protect them and themselves as they moved them out in the crisis. Every one of those countries has egg on their faces now we know the results of their weasel ways.


84 posted on 10/14/2019 4:27:42 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Mariner

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

After defeating 100% of the ISIS Caliphate, I largely moved our troops out of Syria. Let Syria and Assad protect the Kurds and fight Turkey for their own land. I said to my Generals, why should we be fighting for Syria....

....and Assad to protect the land of our enemy? Anyone who wants to assist Syria in protecting the Kurds is good with me, whether it is Russia, China, or Napoleon Bonaparte. I hope they all do great, we are 7,000 miles away!

3:10 PM · Oct 14, 201


85 posted on 10/14/2019 4:28:01 PM PDT by McGruff (No one is above the law - Nancy Pelosi)
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To: dila813

Well said!


86 posted on 10/14/2019 4:28:19 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: McGruff
Anyone who wants to assist Syria in protecting the Kurds is good with me, whether it is Russia, China, or Napoleon Bonaparte.

LMAO. This man is the best.

87 posted on 10/14/2019 4:30:08 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: mass55th
Calamity Jane.

You called?

88 posted on 10/14/2019 4:30:10 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Jane Long

Trump today: “ Anyone who wants to assist Syria in protecting the Kurds is good with me, whether it is Russia, China, or Napoleon Bonaparte. I hope they all do great, we are 7,000 miles away!


89 posted on 10/14/2019 4:31:01 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Mariner

The Daddy Warbucks types are getting mad that Trump is getting us out of the Middle East and killing their cash cow.


90 posted on 10/14/2019 4:31:17 PM PDT by CtBigPat (Qanon - Please be real...)
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To: Enterprise

Doris Day. Must prettier than the original.


91 posted on 10/14/2019 4:33:30 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Eddie01

I think you have described the corruption money racket the America haters are engaged in. It may describe why Obama is so rich.


92 posted on 10/14/2019 4:35:39 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Mariner

93 posted on 10/14/2019 4:38:38 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Mariner

CRISIS! But not for the U.S.


94 posted on 10/14/2019 4:39:47 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Mariner

Fake news.

Orchestrated, hoaxed.

ABC was exposed badly.


95 posted on 10/14/2019 4:40:42 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Mariner

And gee, not one American died as a result. Libs deeply saddened.

Mission success.


96 posted on 10/14/2019 4:41:49 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Mariner
Rarely has a presidential decision resulted so immediately in what his own party leaders have described as disastrous consequences for American allies and interests.

You mean like when Obama abruptly pulled out of Iraq and turned half the country over to ISIS?

97 posted on 10/14/2019 4:42:04 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Mariner

Oh yeah?

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/14/trumps-syrian-maneuver-works-president-erdogan-asks-for-negotiations-with-kurds-insyria/?fbclid=IwAR3QghSvA1t7fTZxDOWMi0Eib70yV0bkwaZmgGz1gB2soBf68KPbL6658a8


98 posted on 10/14/2019 4:52:58 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Make America Great. Prosecute Dems who break the law!)
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To: toddausauras

LOL!! Love My POTUS.


99 posted on 10/14/2019 5:04:41 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: colorado tanker

You mean like when Obama abruptly pulled out of Iraq and turned half the country over to ISIS?


Oh, no! The Dems, a few RINOs (cough McStain & Co) and the DNC media shouted out with glee, when THAT happened!


100 posted on 10/14/2019 5:06:30 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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