President Trump, defending troop pullback in Syria, describes scenes of grieving military families.
. Critics said that move could result in the slaughter of Kurdish allies who have fought side-by-side with U.S. forces to defeat and contain ISIS.
"Pray for our Kurdish allies who have been shamelessly abandoned by the Trump Administration. This move ensures the reemergence of ISIS," he tweeted.“I think Lindsey would like to stay there for the next 200 years and maybe add a couple of hundred thousand people every place,” Trump said. Trump later added, “It’s easy to talk tough.”
The Syrian Democratic Forces are led by the Kurdish People's Protection Units , which has long angered the Turkish government and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey views the YPG an extension of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which is considered a terrorist group by the United States.
Trump said that if Erdogan didn’t act humanly towards the Kurds, he would “wipe out” the Turkish economy,In addressing what should be done with ISIS fighters detained by the Kurds, he said Europe should take them and that if they escape during the Turkish operation, they will head to Europe anyway.
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