When I heard, on Sunday night, that Donald Trump had decided to clear United States troops out of the way of a Turkish invasion of northern Syria, I was — to put it very mildly — not pleased.
While I can certainly understand the desire to pull American soldiers out of harm’s way, as well as the need to reduce American expenditures in a region that ought, really, to do more to defend itself, I fear that the United States will, yet again, be committing a shameful — an utterly dishonorable — betrayal of faithful, trusting allies
Here is a sampling of the articles that I’ve been reading on the subject since then:
“President Endorses Turkish Military Operation in Syria, Shifting U.S. Policy”
“Everything you need to know about Trump’s plan to pull back from Syria”
“Turkey Strikes Syria-Iraq Border in Preparation for Syria Invasion”
“Turkey to send troops into northern Syria as US pulls out of area, White House says”
“Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds is a gift to Putin and Assad”
“Syrian Kurds fear ‘ethnic cleansing’ after US troop pullout announcement”
“Romney calls Trump’s Syria decision a ‘betrayal’ of Kurds”
“Trump defends Syria decision amid Republican backlash”
“Former Anti-ISIS Envoy Talks Turkey”
“Nikki Haley says Trump’s Syria decision means leaving US allies ‘to die'”
“Pentagon: ‘We Did Not Endorse A Turkish Operation in Northern Syria’”
“Caught Between Trump, Turkey and Kurds, Pentagon Struggles to Piece Together Syria Strategy”
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And, in case the items above are too upbeat and cheery for you, here are a couple of items relating to the Chinese government’s massive persecution of Uyghur Muslims:
“Disturbing video shows hundreds of blindfolded prisoners in Xinjiang”
“U.S. Adds Chinese Firms Implicated in Uighur Oppression to Export Blacklist”
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