Here’s What Has Happened in Syria in the Week Since Trump Abandoned the Kurds
As expected, President Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops away from the Syria-Turkey border, effectively endorsing a Turkish assault on the U.S.-allied Kurds occupying northern Syria, has been a disaster. Trump made the call last Sunday after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan, and without consulting the Pentagon or Congress. Less than a week later, Trump ordered the removal all U.S. troops from the region, further endangering the Kurdish people, strengthening Isis, and ceding influence to some of America’s chief adversaries. In return,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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