The argument that we had to pull a small number of troops from the Turkish border region to end a “forever war” is nonsensical.
The withdrawal is far likelier to lead to an increase in violence and terrorism that requires American re-intervention, just as it did when Obama did it in Iraq.
This isn’t “how many Americans die for the Kurds.” It is “how many Americans need to stand there so the Kurds don’t die.”
The Turks aren’t interested in warring with us. The proof: they didn’t for years on end while US troops were present. The day after we pulled out, they started killing Kurds.
