Syrian Hmong

[Dill]

(10-08-2019, 10:08 AM)GMDino Wrote: What y'all are missing is that this decision is "just business".

Why ask military people when you are so "good" at making businesses decisions?

.....good health, at my request, Pastor Brunson, who had many years of a long prison term remaining. Also remember, and importantly, that Turkey is an important member in good standing of NATO. He is coming to the U.S. as my guest on November 13th. #ENDENDLESSWARS

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2019

 

Well there is an excellent point. 

Just how crucial are the Kurds to manufacture of US military hardware? A cursory google search gives a preliminary answer of "not at all."

Add to this the fact that we are GIVING them arms all the time, and you can see they are more a drain on our treasury than a business partner.
Whereas Turkey buys our stuff and allows us to own hotels in their cities, these Kurds are, to put it less diplomatically, beggars who want our stuff.

I suppose military types might ask "How good have the Turks been at fighting ISIS, compared to the Kurds"? 

Well they may have been good or bad. Who knows? Now that ISIS has somehow been defeated and Raqqa destroyed we need to respect the interests of the people we are doing business with.