Posted on Dec 24, 2018
'We Will Curse Them As Traitors': Syrian Kurds React To U.S. Troop Withdrawal Plan
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Hatem Hassan, 37, runs a money exchange shop in Qamishli. He says Trump's decision hits close to home.
"If they will leave, we will curse them as traitors," he says. "The Kurds helped them to destroy ISIS. ... I have seven people from my family who were fighting ISIS and who were killed. And they were very young, not even in their 20s."
Haji Haidar, 39, is standing outside his blacksmith shop. Everyone here is angry and scared, he says.
"If they will leave, we will curse them as traitors," he says. "The Kurds helped them to destroy ISIS. ... I have seven people from my family who were fighting ISIS and who were killed. And they were very young, not even in their 20s."
Haji Haidar, 39, is standing outside his blacksmith shop. Everyone here is angry and scared, he says.
'We Will Curse Them As Traitors': Syrian Kurds React To U.S. Troop Withdrawal Plan
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Well, my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Syria has been a civil war with many different sides and supporters from Iran to Russia and Turkey.
If the Syrian Kurds are wise they will move east to Iraq. If not they will be crushed by Turkish special forces.
To be honest, I am thankful that we are pulling back from Syria - especially with conventional forces. Syria is a potential quagmire for the USA.
1. Pulling back from Syria improves our foreign relations with both Turkey and Russia.
2. Of course, our forces in Iraq are in much more stable nation than it was in 2015.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon SSG William Jones
If the Syrian Kurds are wise they will move east to Iraq. If not they will be crushed by Turkish special forces.
To be honest, I am thankful that we are pulling back from Syria - especially with conventional forces. Syria is a potential quagmire for the USA.
1. Pulling back from Syria improves our foreign relations with both Turkey and Russia.
2. Of course, our forces in Iraq are in much more stable nation than it was in 2015.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon SSG William Jones
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MAJ Byron Oyler
I will never understood why we have not carved out a stat for the Kurds in Northern Iraq and even put a base there. Sadly the Kurds won’t win up against our NATO alliance.
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Get us out of Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. I’m tired of being at war.
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