what about the Kurds?
Is Russia expected to just sit there sipping vodka and observing the Turkish Invasion?
I thought Putin was deeply invested in protecting Assad, the Syrian president.
Russia has a defense treaty with Syria.
Did Turkey get their blessing?
So when are we going to hear the call?
This is abc, lets wait and see what actually happens.
Somehow the US has become responsible for thousands of ISIS prisoners. They surrendered to militias allied to the US. The US military refused to turn them over to the Kurds. The Turks have agreed to take them over. All the Turks will do is rearm them to fight the Kurds or release them. The only good news is that the US is pulling out of Syria, a place where they should have never been deployed. Trump has to disengage from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan any way he can.
I hope we are not betraying the Kurds.
Turkey would like to genocide them.
Can’t we sell the Kurds a handful of tactical nukes? It’s the only way to be sure.
The askers are savages. God help the Kurds.
I and many voted for Trump to get us out of forever wars & not start new ones. He’s coming through on that vital issue, God bless him.
Syrian Kurds had a choice and their leadership chose to be under Ottoman Turkish control, rather than have some autonomy under Damascus control. The did it in Afrin & now again in Eastern Syria. Terrible leadership.
Where are the gas canisters?
ISIS/ISIL forces are largely destroyed in Syria. U.S. backed forces are in the northern part, while Assad controls most of the middle and southern Syria. Turkey can not attack without going through U.S. backed areas, or attacking Syrian controlled areas.
There is not much for Assad to attack, unless he wants to risk attacks in U.S. or Syrian controlled territory. That may backfire on any attack.
Assad has Russia on his side, and that made getting involved a stupid idea in the first place. Russia was never going to give up one of oldest and one of her last real allies without a fight. I do not know how much international support Erodgan really has now since Trump was elected.
The Kurds did most of the work on the ground to defeat ISIS. That’s all there is to it. No we don’t abandon them. Maybe Turkey will behave as well, it’s not pleasant but are we to get into a fight over this? I also do not believe in the alarmist talk that there will be genocide.
Turkey has taken in over 3,000,000 Syrian refugees, as much as I don’t like Erdogan or Turkey for that matter, they still have some valid points for their side.
The Dutch government researched the whole matter as to whether Turkey was helping ISIS, they came up with the answer of “no” and this is in the last 6 months.
This is not for us to go to war over, a Nato ally but Turkey must act responsibly as a Nato ally.
Screw Russia, they don’t have any say in this, they just lost 35 soldiers helping Haftar in Libya and there have been reports, they’ve lost a lot in Syria. Screw the Russian Putin troll propaganda.
The Associated Press @AP
BREAKING: U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria say that American troops have begun withdrawing from areas along Turkey’s border
2:38 AM · Oct 7, 2019
I can hear the Turkish screaming for protection from NATO when Russia drops the hammer on them in Syria.
Russia has an Air Force and a Navy base there.
We should tell Turkey. You started it, and you will now deal with it yourself.
Keep in mind Turkey is doing this after their economy is collapsing.
Deep State blower in 3,2,1...
Can’t abandon the Kurds. Trump should make sure they have up to date weapons and drone technology to defend themselves.
Turkey hasn’t won a war since???
Hmmmmmmmm......