The Kurds spilled their blood for us, they have also been allied with the Christians (Assyrians) though, 100 years ago, 1915 and maybe 1918 too, they persecuted them.
Mike
@Doranimated
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/Doranimated/status/1181125761203408897
So, I think in part, this is what this is about... but that doesn't change things to me.
Also, as of 2 days ago, there were mumurings that the Turks themselves could have fired on our troops. There's a whole lot of bogus info out there. A lot of people very upset, me too... like last December, all we do is go back to the same square one and why Mattis left.
Graham is already announcing a bill that would sanction Turkey if they invade, about the most we could do, it doesn't sound like much.
Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
Replying to
@LindseyGrahamSC
and
@ChrisVanHollen
Hope and expect sanctions against Turkey – if necessary – would be veto-proof.
This decision to abandon our Kurdish allies and turn Syria over to Russia, Iran, & Turkey will put every radical Islamist on steroids. Shot in the arm to the bad guys. Devastating for the good guys.
https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1181219809427623936
Nikki Haley
@NikkiHaley
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2h
We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake. #TurkeyIsNotOurFriend
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1181191973367160834
Graham has been on top of this all the way, I note that anti-Graham thread yesterday but I think he's doing well.