Trump's withdrawal from Syria endangers the Kurds
NY Times:
But a pullout will leave the main US allies in the area vulnerable to Syrian, Russian and Turkish forces. The Turks may be the ones most likely to attack the Kurds.
There are also those who believe ISIS could still reconstitute itself and renew its genocide in the area. Obama's retreat from Iraq was one of a series of strategic blunders by the former President which led to the genocide.
Obama's other strategic blunders included a surge in Afghanistan which included a withdrawal date which told the enemy how long they had to hold on. Then his Libyan operation was also a strategic blunder of disastrous proportions that armed more terrorist and created a failed state.
Trump's Syrian policy appears to be of two minds. He was able to defeat ISIS in large part by abandoning Obama's top-down policy of White House amateurs dictating tactical decisions on the battlefield. He unleashed US commanders who quickly took steps to defeat the Islamic religious bigots of ISIS.Trump Withdraws U.S. Forces From Syria, Declaring ‘We Have Won Against ISIS’
The president overruled his military and diplomatic advisers, who warned against abandoning Kurdish allies and ceding influence in Syria to Russia and Iran.
But a pullout will leave the main US allies in the area vulnerable to Syrian, Russian and Turkish forces. The Turks may be the ones most likely to attack the Kurds.
There are also those who believe ISIS could still reconstitute itself and renew its genocide in the area. Obama's retreat from Iraq was one of a series of strategic blunders by the former President which led to the genocide.
Obama's other strategic blunders included a surge in Afghanistan which included a withdrawal date which told the enemy how long they had to hold on. Then his Libyan operation was also a strategic blunder of disastrous proportions that armed more terrorist and created a failed state.
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