I Joined the Army to Prevent Genocide, Not to Pave the Way for It - Captain Alan Kennedy

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I Joined the Army to Prevent Genocide, Not to Pave the Way for It
A captain wonders if the Kurdish soldiers he served alongside in Syria three months ago are now dead.
By Alan Kennedy
Captain Kennedy is a member of the Colorado Army National Guard.
    Oct. 18, 2019

Video can be seen here

In the Video Op-Ed above, Alan Kennedy, a captain in the Colorado Army National Guard who served this summer in northern Syria, condemns President Trump’s decision to fully withdraw American troops from the area and abandon our Kurdish allies to a Turkish incursion. He calls a recently negotiated 120-hour cease-fire, which reports suggest Turkey has already violated, “too little too late.” He fears that the lack of American commitment and credibility has cleared the way for an ethnic cleansing of the Kurds and a resurgence of the Islamic State.

Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/opinion/trump-turkey-kurds-syria.html