Trump: US never agreed to protect Syrian Kurd allies 'for the rest of their lives'
Source: ABC News
President Donald Trump on Monday, again defending his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria -- clearing the way for Turkish forces to attack U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds -- said, We never agreed to protect the Kurds for the rest of their lives."
"We have a good relationship with the Kurds, but we never agreed to protect the Kurds. We have fought with them for three-and-a-half to four years. We never agreed to protect the Kurds for the rest of their lives," Trump said speaking to reporters at a White House Cabinet meeting for more than an hour Monday afternoon.
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Were bringing our soldiers back home and its going to probably work, but if it doesnt work, youre going to have people fighting like theyve been fighting for 300 years, its very simple, Trump said.
He added, "So far there hasnt been one drop of blood shed during this entire period by an American soldier, nobody was killed, nobody cut their finger, no nothing, and theyre leaving."
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PJMcK
(22,056 posts)Read a little bit of history. Or have Ivanka read it to you.
You're an idiot.
sinkingfeeling
(51,478 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)so that we had to BOMB them.
And while not a drop of AMERICAN blood has been shed, shall we ask the Kurds about how their blood is doing?
doc03
(35,387 posts)thrown at them as the retreated. What a shame.
5X
(3,972 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Fucking scumbag
Arthur_Frain
(1,864 posts)Can we put him in thunder dome with Biden please?
RAB910
(3,515 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)You didn't do it because you wanted "to bring the troops home." That was another one of your blatant lies, and the troops have been assigned to other foreign danger zones.
You did it because Vladimir told you to do it.
cstanleytech
(26,332 posts)bdamomma
(63,930 posts)big lie, he has war crimes on the list now. I wish he just would have a health emergency. Unleashing ISIS about 65,000 are going to unleash their hate on the West.