The backstage struggle between the Bush interventionists and the America-firsters who first backed Donald Trump for president just exploded into open warfare, which could sunder the Republican Party.
At issue is Trump's decision to let the Turkish army enter Northern Syria, to create a corridor between Syrian Kurds and the Turkish Kurds of the PKK, which the U.S. and Turkey regard as a terrorist organization.
"A disaster in the making," says Lindsey Graham. "To abandon the Kurds" would be a "stain on America's honor." "A catastrophic mistake," said Rep. Liz Cheney.,,,,,,,,Marco Rubio, Trump will have "made a grave mistake." "The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake," said ex-U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, "we must always have the backs of our allies. " But of our NATO ally of almost 70 years, Haley said, "Turkey is not our friend."..........Sen. Mitt Romney called it a "betrayal" Behind this decision is Trump's exasperation at our NATO allies' refusal to take back for trial their own citizens whom we and the Kurds captured fighting for ISIS.
The U.S. has "pressed France, Germany, and other European nations, from which many captured ISIS fighters came, to take them back, but they ... refused,"...........What are the arguments interventionists are using to insist that U.S. forces remain in Syria indefinitely?......To Read More
At issue is Trump's decision to let the Turkish army enter Northern Syria, to create a corridor between Syrian Kurds and the Turkish Kurds of the PKK, which the U.S. and Turkey regard as a terrorist organization.
"A disaster in the making," says Lindsey Graham. "To abandon the Kurds" would be a "stain on America's honor." "A catastrophic mistake," said Rep. Liz Cheney.,,,,,,,,Marco Rubio, Trump will have "made a grave mistake." "The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake," said ex-U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, "we must always have the backs of our allies. " But of our NATO ally of almost 70 years, Haley said, "Turkey is not our friend."..........Sen. Mitt Romney called it a "betrayal" Behind this decision is Trump's exasperation at our NATO allies' refusal to take back for trial their own citizens whom we and the Kurds captured fighting for ISIS.
The U.S. has "pressed France, Germany, and other European nations, from which many captured ISIS fighters came, to take them back, but they ... refused,"...........What are the arguments interventionists are using to insist that U.S. forces remain in Syria indefinitely?......To Read More
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