Trump tries new defense in Syria furor: Insult the Kurds

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump on Wednesday minimized Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria as a land skirmish that does not warrant American intervention, and repeatedly insulted the Kurdish fighters who battled alongside U.S. forces to quash the Islamic State in the region.

During a pair of appearances alongside the Italian president, Trump glossed over the campaign against the Middle East terror group and instead mounted a vigorous defense of his widely condemned decision to allow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's forces to push into Syria — where they have slaughtered the U.S.-allied Kurds and wreaked havoc that has resulted in the escape of hundreds of ISIS adherents from a detention camp.

“They're not angels, if you take a look," the president told reporters in the Oval Office of the Syrian Kurdish militias.

"You have to go back and take a look. But they fought with us, and we paid a lot of money for them to fight with us, and that's OK," he continued. "They did well when they fought with us. They didn't do so well when they didn't fight with us.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/16/trump-kurdish-fighters-syria-048418

[lagomorph777]

1. "Turd Insults Kurds"

[olegramps]

2. I can not help from wondering how many Kunds are enflamed enought to seek revenge.

Trump had better hope for good protection once he leaves office. It is really a wonder that one of hundreds of those he bankrupt wasn't so inclined. He had better hope his luck hasn't run out. These people that he stabbed in the back may not be so disposed towards nonviolence when one of their children was slaughtered as a result of this evil bastard's betrayal. I hope that they don't seek this type of justice, for justice would be better served for Trump to suffer years of humiliation and revulsion. He doesn't deserve a quick exit for his crimes.

Just how many pieces of silver did Putin and Erdogan pay for his bloody betrayal. It is a sickening sight to see them laugh and dance as they run up their flags on the very poles that proudly flew the Stars and Stripes in the deserted US camps. I hope that those in the military who are so inclined to support the Republicans have finally had their eyes open to the reality of the situation that they are just pawns to be sacrificed by men without a shed of honor. The contrast between the founders of our nation, who were men who regarded honor to be the mark of a man, and the spineless self serving crud that now lead our nation cannot be more profound.

[keithbvadu2]

3. "...when they didn't fight with us." - Like Cadet Bone Spurs' family hasn't served.

"...when they didn't fight with us.” - Like Cadet Bone Spurs' family hasn't served.

[TheFarseer]

8. The Kurds were no where

To be found in the Civil War. DO THEY SUPPORT SLAVERY!

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. I wonder how many Kurds in this Samantha Bee piece would still adore Trump today?

[TeamPooka]

5. "The Kurds are so ugly, when they were born, their doctor slapped their mother"

[olddad65]

11. Old, old, Rodney Dangerfield line

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Trump says PKK is worse than ISIS, and that Graham would stay in Middle East for the next 1000 years

At a press conference with the president of Italy, President Trump said that the Kurdish group PKK is worse than ISIS, and that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., would keep the U.S. in the Middle East for “the next thousand years with thousands of soldiers fighting other people’s wars.”

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-pkk-worse-isis-191011229.html

Video at link. He is repeating Erdogan's propaganda.

[TheFarseer]

7. Really telling

That we spent a few bucks and they lost 11,000 brave men in the fight and he thinks we made the bigger sacrifice.

[sakabatou]

9. Ugh....

[keithbvadu2]

10. Kurd fighter checkout round

Kurd fighter checkout round


kurd soldier checkout round words 800 9a11

https://imgur.com/a/qLxX5nA