As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...
....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!
....down, watching over a quagmire, & spending big dollars to do so. When I took over, our Military was totally depleted. Now it is stronger than ever before. The endless and ridiculous wars are ENDING! We will be focused on the big picture, knowing we can always go back & BLAST!
From the archives | Surprised by what you're seeing in Northern Syria? I'm not. Back in January 2018, I explained the dilemma that Obama put us in with respect to Turkey, and described the tsunami of wishful thinking that was washing over Washington | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kosba_TMU …
We aligned under Obama not with “the Kurds,” but with the PKK, the sworn enemy of the Turkish Republic, our ally. We were sowing the seeds of a Turkish-PKK war with that policy. We were also driving Turkey toward Russia. https://twitter.com/grayconnolly/status/1181124549510750208 …
Turkey is invading Northrrn Syria.
The President is keeping us out of it.
The gang that never met a war they didn’t want to fight (and fail to win) will be outraged.
When they howl, ask them one thing.
Ask them exactly how many American lives it’s worth.
I say “Zero.”
I went w/ @AmbJohnBolton to Jerusalem and Ankara in January Michael. I don’t know what we can do other than a staged withdrawal or a permanent garrison. The challenge of the century is on the seas, in space and in Asia. It is not on the Turkish-Syrian border. https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1181045624030089216 …
Turkey can’t want a war with Kurds but if it does we can’t be killing Turks with Americans throughout Turkey, our base there. Some will cast any deal w/ Turkey as @realDonaldTrump getting close w/ a dictator. It’s not. It’s dealing with the realities that we can’t stay forever.