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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrett McGurk said Turkey firing on US troops wasn't a mistake
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Turkish forces have fired on a declared U.S. military outpost in northern Syria. Turkey knows all of our locations down to the precise grid coordinate as confirmed by SECDEF and CJCS only two hours ago. This was not a mistake.
Secretary Mnuchin today briefed from the WH podium that Trump signed an authorization to impose sanctions but that no sanctions have been imposed. This is meaningless nonsense. 100k people are already displaced and US soldiers are being fired upon. Whats the bar for sanctions?
Hard truth: Erdogan knows that Trump wants U.S. forces to leave Syria. Putin knows that Trump wants U.S. forces to leave Syria. Khamenei and Assad know the same thing. Trump himself yesterday (incredibly) said we no longer have forces in Syria. We do, and today they were shot at.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)https://www.businessinsider.com/us-shared-intelligence-turkey-may-have-aided-attack-on-kurds-2019-10
fucking hell, man
spanone
(135,830 posts)BLOOD ON HIS HANDS...
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,841 posts)He'll blame Obama.
spanone
(135,830 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,897 posts)Attacking US troops count?
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)This situation, our supposed allies purposely attempting to kill our military personnel, is entirely of Trump's making.
EleanorR
(2,391 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)debsy
(530 posts)It certainly is a plausible scenario, IMO.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Al-Arabiya correspondent: US and French soldiers were injured in Turkish shelling on their base in Ain al-Arab.
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)are in harms way in Syria without the support of their pResident. The MF is giving permission for our enemies to shoot Americans... no other way to look at it.
rainin
(3,011 posts)They can make him do whatever they want. Trump is powerless here. He wants everyone to think he's calling the shots, but he's a puppet. Even if he likes it, he's not making the decisions.
dlk
(11,561 posts)We have a Russian agent in the White House. Thank you GOP!
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)Is it clear to all those supporters now whose ass is at risk?
volstork
(5,400 posts)as surely as if he shot them himself.