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Facing Erdogan, Syrian Kurds Consider Asking Assad, Russia For Help After Trump ‘Leaves Them To Die’
Predictably, Kurdish officials are already talking about liaising with Bashar al-Assad and the Russians just a day after Donald Trump blindsided Republicans with a snap decision to effectively green light Recep Tayyip Erdogan's cross-border incursion against the Syrian Kurds who fought alongside US forces in the anti-ISIS campaign.
Trump's move to pull some four-dozen US spec ops away from the border on Monday essentially frees up Turkey to engage Kurdish militia without having to worry about a
Trump claims that he defeated ISIS and reclaimed 100% of the Caliphate, yet it was the Kurds who lost 11,000 soldiers doing it. Like most things in his Presidency he’s claiming responsibility for work that others have done.