Unfortunately the neocon must-have-endless-war brigade is out in full force, with the #MediaJackals gleefully baying that “conservatives are attacking the president” or some such nonsense. The obvious rejoinder is that these are warmongers, but not conservatives. And some of us expected better from Nikki Haley:
Neocon Bill Kristol: “With the betrayal of the Kurds and Trump’s full-on America First tweet storm this morning, is there a single principled internationalist, a single believer in American global leadership somewhere in the Trump Administration who will resign in protest?”
Nikki Haley: “We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake.”
Mitt Romney: “The President’s decision to abandon our Kurdish allies in Northern Syria in the face of an assault by Turkey is a betrayal that will have grave humanitarian and national security consequences.”
It is possible to think the Kurds are in the right and the Turks are in the wrong, yet oppose military intervention in the form of armed combat against Turkey. (There are probably a dozen current or recent military conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa where this principle equally applies.)
How many dead American soldiers is this fight worth? How about: “None!”
The president has sided with authoritarian leaders of Turkey… over our loyal allies and America’s own interests. His decision is a sickening betrayal both of the Kurds and his oath of office.
Unfortunately the neocon must-have-endless-war brigade is out in full force, with the #MediaJackals gleefully baying that “conservatives are attacking the president” or some such nonsense. The obvious rejoinder is that these are warmongers, but not conservatives. And some of us expected better from Nikki Haley:
It is possible to think the Kurds are in the right and the Turks are in the wrong, yet oppose military intervention in the form of armed combat against Turkey. (There are probably a dozen current or recent military conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa where this principle equally applies.)
How many dead American soldiers is this fight worth? How about: “None!”
Be glad that Hillary Clinton is not president today.
If she were, we’d be at war:
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1181191825459159040
Examples of #MediaJackals gleefully baying:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/07/republican-allies-blast-trumps-decision-to-hand-syria-to-turkey.html
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/trump-digs-syria-withdrawal-despite-robust-republican-opposition
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/07/trump-turkey-syria-invasion-037052
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-slammed-for-allowing-turkey-to-attack-kurdish-allies-in-syria-1.7951226
Kurt Schlichter has some good lines on Twitter today:
https://twitter.com/KurtSchlichter/status/1181076169241714688
https://twitter.com/KurtSchlichter/status/1181079200070922240