Trump's Turkey deal hands power to Ankara and leaves Syrian Kurds for dead

[mia]

Trump hails ceasefire and ‘safe zone’ on Turkey-Syria border as ‘great day for civilisation’ but few believe it

...In hailing the deal, Trump not only adopted Turkish talking points but even seemed to embrace the language of ethnic cleansing.

“They’ve had terrorists, they had a lot of people in there that they couldn’t have. They suffered a lot of loss of lives and they had to have it cleaned out,” the president said. “This outcome is something they’ve been trying to get for 10 years.”

So when Trump had boasted “people have been trying to make this ‘deal’ for many years”, the people he was talking about were Erdoğan and his military leadership. Until now no one was prepared to give them deal. Certainly not the Kurds who live there.

Pence claimed the US would work with the YPG (the dominant Kurdish element within the SDF) to carry out an “orderly withdrawal” from the 32km zone. He even said it was already under way on Thursday evening. But the YPG showed no readiness to surrender that territory....

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/trumps-turkey-deal-hands-power-to-ankara-and-leaves-syrian-kurds-for-dead

[SterlingPound]

1. the only way to rebuild america's credibility onthe world stage would be to

Turn Trump over to The Hague for prosecution.

[democratisphere]

3. Thinking the exact same thing.

[bdamomma]

6. Especially

if he causes a genocide of the Kurds. Turkey will have to be pulled aside too, Turkey was involved in 1915 genocide of the Armenians.

[mia]

4. Well said.

I hope this happens.

[democratisphere]

2. Komrade drumpf is selling out America and its allies to Russia.

Mission accomplished.

[Demonaut]

5. he's going to order the US military to attack the Kurds, some lame excuse will be the cause

[bdamomma]

7. I thought they

told the US troops to stand down. Our troops are being callled betrayers and cowards.

In one week, tRump has betrayed our allies and shamed our troops. And has given Putin everything he asked for. Because we have a POS who knows nothing about anything except lining his own pocket.

[Demonaut]

8. they have thirty days before they become a problem, if they stay we or russia will find cause