LoveNotHate wrote:
beneficii wrote:
Mitt Romney goes after Trump for his weakness here. He gave the Kurds no warning of his impending withdrawal from Syria, but apparently the Turks did have warning because they were able to start bombing within hours. Trump gave the Kurds no time to withdrawal:
Just looking at the news I see a January 2019 article …
"US official says withdrawal from Syria has begun".
https://www.apnews.com/89288a2b8f274eb7897733078960df56So, the Kurds probably had a 1 year warning.
That seems reasonable.
I recommend everyone read the AP link LNH provided. They will have an opportunity to see all the conflicting signals we sent, such that the Kurds could not possibly have known when the withdrawal was to be completed. Apparently, however, the Turks knew, because they could begin operations within hours of our withdrawal, meaning something must have changed right before our withdrawal.
This is consistent with what we see coming out now.
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