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US to step aside and allow Turkey to invade Syria, abandoning Kurdish allies
- Thread starter shem
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If Turkey had shown any interest in actually stabilising the situation in Syria i'd be more willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. This isn't Turkey doing a humanitarian mission to help the Syrians to go back home, it's a military invasion.
At best it's going to redirect the flow of refugees somewhere else.
The best way to get Syrians to go back home would be for the fighting to stop. Not adding another faction to the fighting and destabilizing the north too.
I don't think the Turks are bloodthirsty monsters but they are getting directly involved in the war.
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But they want to just do a genocide at their border. Doesn't Russia and Syria still control Syria?
Fucking pieces of shit.
Kurds died in droves killing ISIS for the whole world, America's public enemy #1. Kurds were literally the front line in fighting ISIS, now they're being tossed around like they don't matter at all.
And for what? Erdogan? Laughable. How can someone like Erdogan out smart USA on this? Erdogan is a pathetic loser has-been, why even entertain his wants?
Kurds died in droves killing ISIS for the whole world, America's public enemy #1. Kurds were literally the front line in fighting ISIS, now they're being tossed around like they don't matter at all.
And for what? Erdogan? Laughable. How can someone like Erdogan out smart USA on this? Erdogan is a pathetic loser has-been, why even entertain his wants?
Diminishes US standing in the world. (This a goldmine for Syrian Shill twitter.) Increases Syrian dependence on Russia. Its obviously not all upside but I dont think this is a net negative.
Is it wrong to think Trump hopes terrorism will hit the USA again?
Although I can't see Saudi funding it this time around.
Gee, I don't know , because your esteemed President persists in threatening to illegally dump them on Greek islands, so they become the EU's problem.
The idea of forcing 3.6 million people to relocate in an area they don't want to is by itself awful even before thinking about the war and the displacing/killing of hundred of thousands of Kurds from there.
The fact that this is somehow used as a good excuse by some people says a lot about those people and their lack of empathy.
The fact that this is somehow used as a good excuse by some people says a lot about those people and their lack of empathy.
To contextualize that number, the Vietnamese "boat people" crisis began 3 years after the fall of Saigon and continued to the 90s. The US responded and resettled over 450000. Of course you can criticize the US for not doing enough and being responsible. Though it's likely a similar crisis would have occured if the US didn't intervene after the French surrendered. How Trump is handling this situation isn't comparable to the US response after Vietnam.
well actually US/Saudi/UAE/Turkish/Western alliance pushed for this war in the first place. Then when the dust settled, everyone realized the only true winners are Russia and Iran, old allies started blaming and fighting each other.
I was thinking he would remain silent, but he might have to respond now with how much traction I'm seeing this tweet gain.
The next president is going to have to spend half their term doing an apology tour at this rate....
This is PKK,
this is YPG
See any similarities?
Who is the guy on the banners?
Won't matter unless you change the United States' media, voters, polticial system and the entire Republican party. As long as there's a chance the country elects another Trump, it can't be trusted to build reliable partnerships.
Yeah, he's been responding, more forcefully than expected tbh
Twitter text: I don't know all the details regarding President Trump's decision in northern Syria. In process of setting up phone call with Secretary Pompeo. If press reports are accurate this is a disaster in the making.
This is PKK,
this is YPG
See any similarities?
But if it's really that simple, why do people complicate it by waiving off comparisons? I mean, if it looks like a duck and quakes like one, then it probably is a duck. I can definitely understand Turkey feeling a big jumpy when PKK offspring and/or sympathizers are weaponizing, organizing, and mobilizing right beyond their borders.
I don't think any other nation would act differently. Just imagine a Mexican well-organized militant group with a history of bombing cities like New York and LA, aiming to reclaim areas like Texas and New Mexico. Based on my limited knowledge, that's how I view this conflict.
Turkey has always cared more about killing Kurds than ISIS. One of the things people don't realize is just how many ISIS fighters Turkey let last through them to even get to Syria. ISIS isn't dead so what do people think will happen once the Kurds have to release all those ISIS prisoners.
Also, Turkey's the last country on the planet which should complain about alleged terrorists on its borders considering they watched as ISIS took over. Turkish soldiers were seriously standing at the border as ISIS swept across, they can frankly go rot in hell.
Its not like this trust problem is new. I lost my faith in the USA with Bushs reaction to 9/11.
After shoving their dick into everything that benefits them and leaving a trail of bloodbath along the way, I hope US can finally look at itself and be like
Non war crazy nations would.
It would still wouldn't give any rights to US to invade Mexico unless there's a direct military attack from the other side of the border.
"Senator shut the fuck up he's gonna put us all in the Cornfield if we don't say good thing"
Not to mention Turkey were complicit in financing ISIS by brokering their sale of natural resources
I guess this is one of those rare cases where the decision is *so* bad that even Graham has to pull his head out of Trump's ass for a minute.
This is not about US fighting Turkey, it's about US offering security guarantees to the Kurds and making them giving up their defences towards Turkey only to step aside and leave the Kurds being massacred at the first opportunity. Turkey wouldn't attack without the blessing of US.