by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Three days ago Donald Trump pulled the rug out from under our Kurdish allies in northern Syria by announcing that the US intended to withdraw its forces from that war-torn nation. That move raised alarms not only among US allies and other countries in the Middle East, it also ricocheted down the halls of Congress raising concerns from members of both parties.
Republicans like the senate majority leader, Moscow Mitch McConnell, and ardent Trump mouthpiece Senator Lindsey Graham vented their frustration with the sudden, and what they considered to be ill-advised, betrayal of the Kurds, and warned that Turkey would begin attacking the region. Representative Liz Cheney, whose father was a major engineer of the endless wars in the Middle East, went before news cameras to express her unhappiness with the abrupt change of policy - and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who had reportedly been maneuvering to replace Mike Pence on the Republican ticket, said that she felt this action by Trump was leaving the Kurds to die.
To many it seemed as though Trump was acting to benefit Turkey and Russia, both of whom have an interest in eliminating resistance in northern Syria. Trump, however, a man with no military experience of his own, says he simply decided that our country has been fighting in the Middle East for too long and he was moving toward ending US involvement in the region. He apparently reached that decision without benefit of input from the US military.
And as for Turkey using this change in US military policy to its advantage, Trump tweeted this warning:
In an on-line article posted this week, Esquire magazine labeled Donald Trump a "great and unmatched idiot," a description that is hard to fault.
Citizen Journalist
Three days ago Donald Trump pulled the rug out from under our Kurdish allies in northern Syria by announcing that the US intended to withdraw its forces from that war-torn nation. That move raised alarms not only among US allies and other countries in the Middle East, it also ricocheted down the halls of Congress raising concerns from members of both parties.
Republicans like the senate majority leader, Moscow Mitch McConnell, and ardent Trump mouthpiece Senator Lindsey Graham vented their frustration with the sudden, and what they considered to be ill-advised, betrayal of the Kurds, and warned that Turkey would begin attacking the region. Representative Liz Cheney, whose father was a major engineer of the endless wars in the Middle East, went before news cameras to express her unhappiness with the abrupt change of policy - and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who had reportedly been maneuvering to replace Mike Pence on the Republican ticket, said that she felt this action by Trump was leaving the Kurds to die.
To many it seemed as though Trump was acting to benefit Turkey and Russia, both of whom have an interest in eliminating resistance in northern Syria. Trump, however, a man with no military experience of his own, says he simply decided that our country has been fighting in the Middle East for too long and he was moving toward ending US involvement in the region. He apparently reached that decision without benefit of input from the US military.
And as for Turkey using this change in US military policy to its advantage, Trump tweeted this warning:
"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, 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!) . . ."Turkey began attacking the region today. So much for "great and unmatched wisdom." Trump owns commercial property in Istanbul, Turkey, so the threat of economic obliteration probably ain't a-gonna happen either!
In an on-line article posted this week, Esquire magazine labeled Donald Trump a "great and unmatched idiot," a description that is hard to fault.
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