Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
The reason the US troops are there is because of the fight against ISIS. That 'war' has been won (according to Trump himself) so all America is doing there now is 'policing' the area. Trump has repeatedly said he wants his troops out of these former warzones. He is fulfilling an election promise.
If other countries see this as some sort of abandonment then ok, but the US mission over there was never about protecting the Kurds, or opposing the Turks.
If the Turks decide to do something ****ed up then the whole damn world can gang on the murderous bastards.
Yes, im well aware of Erdogans actions, and dont dig anything hes up to.


but theres no human shield of US troops standing between Israel and Palestine.
theres no human shield of US troops standing in the DMZ holding back Nth Korea despite all their actual threats and actions.

again, we are talking about somewhere between 50 and 250 service people being moved. They could be 250 ****ing Rambos and they aint stopping a whole country pouring in if they wanted to.


politicians seem to go from warmongers to spineless deserters in a short space of time. just wish the woke mob would make up their minds who they are cheering for.

i think Trump brings a hell of a lot of this on himself, his social media use is def something not 'fit' for a world leader imho. but he is what he is, and hes going to go to the next election on a track record of living up to his promises. something politicians the world over are short on supply of. the public voted him in on those promises. he backs himself to rinse repeat. lets see how it all goes.
So the biggest part of everyone's problem with the US pulling troops was because the decision was made directly after a meeting (may have been a phone call rather than in-person but same-same) between Erdogan and Trumpf. Erdogan "asked" Trumpf to remove the troops and he complied, knowing full well that Edrogan had previously promised to go after the Kurds once the US troops were gone.

It looks like the POTUS is doing someone else's bidding even it negatively affects the US.