The Trump administration convinced the Kurds - our friends and allies - to not only abandon their defensive positions in Syria and pull back and destroy them, with a promise that we would continue to defend them.
And then last night, with no input from the generals who knew the situation on the ground, Trump unilaterally decided that American troops in the area had to be withdrawn - leaving our allies with no defensive positions because WE told them to destroy them, and now subject to slaughter by Turkish troops who were about to invade the area.
WHY?? Two words - Trump Towers. There are two of them in Turkey. What pressure was put on Trump by Erdogan to do this? This guy consistently puts his own concerns above those of the nation and our allies. Even Trump's biggest defenders in Congress are outraged by this betrayal of an ally. When do we say "enough"? Will it take the slaughter of Kurds by the Turks for us to realize what the heck is going on with this presidency? The Kurds were our strongest ally in our fight with ISIS - Trump wants to abandon them, and boy, are they pissed. He may have created our next enemy in that region. |