Syrian Hmong

[Dill]

(10-17-2019, 06:47 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: So if I have read right:

-Turkey already violated an almost identical "ceasefire" from earlier this year
-Turkey was met with more resistance than they had hoped and couldn't proceed any further anyways
-Turkey agreed to stop fighting for 5 days if the Kurds ("terrorists" as they keep calling them when speaking about this agreement) leave
-Turkey essentially gets to annex this land
-The US has dismantled their ability to monitor a "ceasefire"
-The "ceasefire" is just a 5 day break

In a phone call, and without consultation with State, Defense, or his NSC or Congress, Trump gave Turkey the green light to ethnic-cleanse some 400 miles of border territory.

The following disaster and international outcry prompted Trump to then "deal" with Erdogan.  Hence the "very powerful" letter and top negotiator Pence on the spot. And Trump imposed some US tariffs on Turkish steel--mild economic sanctions.

Now the deal is in.  The Kurds get a 5 day cease fire--time to ethnically cleanse themselves from the region. A good deal when you consider the Kurds are "no angels."

The Turks get everything they want and are still going to do everything they were going to do. Plus sanctions will end. Then a meeting in Moscow with Putin, who will be helping Erdogan fill the vacuum left by the US pull out.

So the result: a tremendous diplomatic victory for the US and the Kurds, as well as a "great day" for the Turks.  Great for the world.

"Greatness" all around, basically.

I think we can all agree that no one but Trump could have pulled this off.

He got rounds of cheers in Dallas last night for this diplomatic feat.--Got US TROOPS OUT OF THE ME!  

They said it couldn't be done but he did it.