Asked GEN John Allen (Ret.), former special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS, for comment about today's horrific news out of Syria.
"This unfolding humanitarian catastrophe was completely foreseeable," he emailed back. "The US green lighted it."
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"This unfolding humanitarian catastrophe was completely foreseeable," he emailed back. "The US green lighted it."
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2/ More Allen: "There was no chance Erdogan would keep his promise, and full blown ethnic cleansing is underway by Turkish-supported militias. This is what happens when Trump follows his instincts and because of his alignment with autocrats.
3/ More Allen: "I said there would be blood, but could not have imagined this outcome. There is blood on Trump’s hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies.
4/ More Allen: His gesture of $50m in aid is hollow. Who’s going to administer it and for whom? Hundreds of thousands are fleeing and the relief agencies are on the move.
5/ "NATO and the UN have to take up this matter immediately; UN as to whether or not to endorse Turkey’s invoking Article 51* and NATO and the EU to demand Turkish clarification of Erdogan's threat to release 3.6m refugees -- a direct threat to Euro stability and NATO security."
6/ * Article 51 of the UN Charter deals with the "inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs"
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