1. Kurds are being massacred because Trump is too stupid to understand what is going on in Syria. Ignorance is killing people. He justifies by saying he doesn't want "endless, senseless wars." We are not fighting there. Things are calm, BECAUSE we are there. This would be a bit..
2...like Trump saying he wants to pull our 25,000 troops out of South Korea to stop "endless war" there. He doesnt understand the difference between us keeping the peace & waging war. *That* is why Kurds have been safe, because we're in what is literally called "the safe zone"...
3...it is also called "the peace zone." We are not fighting there, we are not dying. We are protecting the Kurds from Turkey, working to protect Turkey from any actions by Kurds and keeping ISIS from getting into the area. Now, we have pulled out because this imbecile doesnt...
4...know WHY we are there, doesnt understand the difference between Al-Hasakah et. al. and the area outside of the Kurdish protectorate. Now, his imbecilic supporters are mouthing "we're keeping our troops safe" because they watch Fox and read tweets, when in fact Trump has...
5...endangered us all. We are not holding ISIS, as Trump says. The Kurds are. So, as they are bombing the Kurds, how will Turkey taker ISIS? This is the moment that ISIS will come in, free allies and rebuild. We will have every element of what we have supported fall away. I was..
6...a pretty strong critic of Obama and HRC on Syria policy, but this is just off-the-scales. Trump is too stupid, too lazy, and too reckless to be president. And unfortunately, we are all strapped to him because his supporters think that people who know things are the enemy.
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